Twelfth Night KEY CHARACTERS AND SENSORY MOMENTS

Characters

Viola Sebastian Olivia Malvolio

Sir Andrew Sir Toby Feste Maria

Orsino Antonio Sensory Moments

Below is a chronological summary of the key sensory moments in each act and scene. Latex balloons are used onstage throughout the show.

Visual, dialogue or sound cues indicating dramatic changes in light, noise or movement are in bold.

PRESHOW • A preshow announcement plays over the loudspeaker and instruments tune onstage.

ACT ONE

SCENE ONE SENSORY MOMENTS • Feste begins to sing a song. When he puts DESCRIPTION a paper ship in the water, the storm begins. At Duke Orsino’s palace in Illyria, Cesario and There is frequent loud thunder, flickering others sing for Orsino. He’s in love with the lights and flashes of lightning via strobe countess Olivia, but it’s unrequited because she lights. Actors shout during the turmoil, is in mourning for her brother and won’t receive cymbals crash and drums rumble. his messengers. • The storm sequence lasts about 90 seconds. • After the storm, lights slowly illuminate SENSORY MOMENTS the stage. • Actors begin singing a song. Orsino enters the stage and picks up a balloon. When he walks to the center of the stage, the balloon SCENE TWO pops loudly.

• When Orsino says, “Love-thoughts lie rich DESCRIPTION when canopied with bowers,” the actors Viola washes ashore in Illyria, saved by the leave the stage, suspenseful music plays and ship’s captain. She asks the captain to help her the lights go dark. disguise herself so she can get work in Orsino’s court. She fears Sebastian has drowned.

FLASHBACK SCENE SCENE THREE DESCRIPTION Cesario reveals he’s really Viola in disguise. She DESCRIPTION is separated from her twin brother Sebastian Olivia’s uncle, Sir Toby, comes back late during a shipwreck. to Olivia’s house. Maria, Olivia’s waiting gentlewoman, warns him that Olivia’s patience is wearing thin. Sir Toby has brought in his rich SCENE FIVE friend Sir Andrew to woo Olivia. DESCRIPTION SENSORY MOMENTS Feste the fool returns to Olivia’s house after • Drinking themes occur throughout the a prolonged absence. After some verbal scene. Olympics, in which Feste proves Olivia a fool, Olivia forgives him. Her steward Malvolio feels • After Sir Andrew convinces Maria not to less kindly toward Feste. Maria announces leave, he says, “Marry, but you shall have, Cesario’s arrival, and an intrigued Olivia agrees and here’s my hand” and extends his hand. to see him. Cesario speaks well, and by the end, Maria takes his hand, places it inside her Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario. She sends jacket and on her chest and says, “Now, sir, Malvolio out with a ring she says he left behind. thought is free. I pray you bring your hand to th’buttery-bar and let it drink.” SENSORY MOMENTS • Sir Toby pretends to urinate in the water. • A swing with long ropes descends from the ceiling. • Sir Toby enters drunk, crawling in the water. SCENE FOUR After a brief conversation, he leaves the stage and begins vomiting. DESCRIPTION As Cesario, Viola finds favor with Orsino, who • When Olivia takes a flower off the swing sends her off to woo Olivia on his behalf. and leaves the stage, a bell rings and the Unfortunately for Viola, she has fallen in love swing flies up to the ceiling. with Orsino.

ACT TWO

SCENE ONE SCENE THREE

DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Sebastian has spent the last few months with Late at night, a drunken Sir Toby and Sir Antonio, who rescued him from the sea. He Andrew make a ruckus with Feste. Maria tries now sets off for Orsino’s court. Despite having unsuccessfully to quiet them. Malvolio disperses enemies in Orsino’s court, a devoted Antonio them and threatens to tell Olivia. Maria devises follows Sebastian. a plot to get revenge on Malvolio by leaving a letter for him in which Olivia supposedly confesses her love for him. SCENE TWO SENSORY MOMENTS DESCRIPTION • After the group begins singing loudly, Maria Malvolio gives the ring to Cesario. Not having enters and tries to quiet the revelers by given a ring to Olivia, Viola realizes Olivia has throwing her shoe and shouting at them. fallen in love with Cesario. • When the group sings “Hold Thy Peace,” they splash in the water, dance and clap. Some audience members may choose to SCENE FIVE clap with them. • During the song, Malvolio enters and slowly DESCRIPTION releases air out of a balloon, causing a long Maria, Sir Toby and Sir Andrew watch Malvolio squeaking noise. discover the letter and resolve to do all it says he should.

SCENE FOUR SENSORY MOMENTS • The swing descends from the ceiling. DESCRIPTION • While Malvolio cleans up debris in the Early in the morning, Orsino wants music again, water, he hears an owl sound from above so the musicians search for Feste. Orsino and and hits a pipe with his net. Cesario talk about how men and women love • Maria sneaks a second letter onto the swing. differently, and Cesario says his sister loved When Malvolio discovers the letter, Maria once. Orsino sends Cesario to Olivia again. avoids being spotted by falling off the platform into the water. SENSORY MOMENTS • After Malvolio reads the letter and leaves, • As Sir Toby and Sir Andrew leave, Orsino Maria takes a deep gasp of air after holding enters and plays the drums loudly. her breath under water.

INTERMISSION • House lights go up and the theater may become noisy

ACT THREE

SCENE ONE SCENE TWO

DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Cesario encounters Feste and then Sir Toby and Sir Andrew decides to leave because Olivia Sir Andrew outside Olivia’s house. Olivia again won’t see him. Sir Toby persuades him that refuses Orsino and confesses she loves Cesario. Olivia’s interest in Cesario is to make Sir Andrew Cesario says he won’t visit her again. prove his valor, so they plan to challenge Cesario to a duel. Sir Andrew goes off to write SENSORY MOMENTS the challenge. • The musicians return to the stage. When the drummer clicks his sticks four times, the SENSORY MOMENTS band begins playing and Feste sings. • When Sir Toby says, “Taunt him with the • When Cesario walks toward Sir Toby and license of ink. Go, about it,” Sir Andrew says, “I will answer you with gait and shouts and runs offstage. entrance,” Sir Andrew begins kicking water at • From a distance, Maria announces her Cesario. Some water may splash off the stage. entrance with a vocal fanfare. SCENE THREE on them both. When Cesario is leaving, Sir Toby makes each think the other is a fierce fighter, DESCRIPTION so both will be too scared to fight. But in the Antonio catches up with Sebastian. Antonio midst of the duel, Antonio arrives, mistakes plans to arrange for their lodging and gives Cesario for Sebastian and fights on his behalf. his purse to Sebastian in case he needs money He’s arrested and asks Cesario for his purse. while sightseeing. Cesario has no idea what he means. But hearing Antonio mention Sebastian, Viola has hope her brother is alive. SENSORY MOMENTS • Antonio and Sebastian enter from the audience, and a light shines on them as they SENSORY MOMENTS walk down Aisle 19. • After Sir Toby arrives, Maria uses a broom to splash water in Malvolio’s face and hits two pipes back and forth with the broom handle. SCENE FOUR • When Sir Toby begins counting the start DESCRIPTION of the gun duel between Sir Andrew and Olivia sends Feste to bring Cesario back. Maria Cesario, Antonio enters and yells, “Hold!” warns Olivia that Malvolio is acting strangely. Maria is startled and pops a balloon. This Malvolio comes in smiling, with yellow stockings startles Sir Andrew and Cesario, and they and cross-gartered, as the letter told him to. both fall to the ground. Olivia is bewildered, worries Malvolio is sick and • Sir Toby and Antonio gain control of the asks Sir Toby and Maria to take care of him. For pistols. After Sir Toby says, “Nay, if you be fun, they decide to treat him like a madman. an undertaker, I am for you,” he raises the Cesario and Olivia talk again. Sir Andrew has gun and pulls the trigger. Water comes out the challenge ready, but Sir Toby plans a joke of the pistol.

ACT FOUR

SCENE ONE • Sir Andrew falls and splashes in the water.

DESCRIPTION Mistaking Sebastian for Cesario, Feste tries to SCENE TWO bring him to Olivia’s. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew also mistake Sebastian for Cesario and try to DESCRIPTION continue the duel. Olivia intervenes and brings Malvolio is imprisoned in a dark room, and Sir Sebastian into her house. Toby and Maria send Feste in disguise as the curate Sir Topas. Then he goes back in as himself. SENSORY MOMENTS Malvolio asks for pen and ink to write to Olivia. • When Sir Andrew arrives, he smacks Sebastian with his gloves. Sebastian is SENSORY MOMENTS surprised by this greeting, grabs the gloves • When Feste (disguised as Sir Topas) and smacks Sir Andrew with them as well. reaches down to the prison cell, he pokes balloons next to Malvolio and they pop SCENE THREE loudly. This occurs multiple times during the scene. DESCRIPTION • After Feste enters as himself, he jumps in Olivia proposes to Sebastian. He accepts. the water, splashing Malvolio in the face. Then he pounds on the floor loudly to mark the entrance of Sir Topas once again.

ACT FIVE

SCENE ONE really Viola. The twins are reunited. Orsino proposes to Viola. Malvolio comes in, reveals DESCRIPTION the plot against him and leaves vowing revenge Orsino and Cesario arrive at Olivia’s. An officer on everyone. brings in Antonio, who Cesario identifies as the person who rescued him. Antonio mistakes SENSORY MOMENTS Cesario for Sebastian and reveals they’ve been • When Feste stands on the swing and companions for three months. Olivia rebuffs confesses his part in the plot, Maria pops Orsino and calls Cesario her husband. They are the balloon he is holding. interrupted by a bloodied Sir Andrew, claiming • When Orsino says, “But when in other to have just come from a beating by Cesario. Sir habits you are seen, Orsino’s mistress and Toby reports the same. Sebastian then enters, his fancy’s queen,” dozens of balloons fall apologizing for hurting Olivia’s uncle. Everyone from the ceiling. recognizes the remarkable similarity between Sebastian and Cesario. Cesario reveals she’s

CURTAIN CALL • House lights go up and the actors take their bows onstage for the curtain call.