The music-filled production, directed by Tony winner Kathleen Marshall, subtly toys with Shakespeare's love for gender fluidity
The only play in William Shakespeare’s canon with two titles is “Twelfth Night or What You Will.” The first part refers to the final festivities of the 12 days of Christmas. But scholars have long speculated on the meaning of the rarely used second part: “What You Will.”
The comedy’s old-fashioned theatrical tropes of twins separated by misfortune and girls disguised as boys are faithfully followed in this production. But Marshall mixes in some playful what-ifs that give the story a more modern sensibility.Biko Eisen-Martin as Orsino and Naian González Norvind as Viola in the Old Globe’s “Twelfth Night.”
Another example of “what you will” is the character of Feste the clown, played by non-binary actor Esco Jouléy, who last fall played the love-struck Orlando to non-binary actor Peter Smith’s Rosalind/Ganymede in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” at La Jolla Playhouse.‘Twelfth Night’ kicks off the Globe’s outdoor Shakespeare season. ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ will open July 30
As Viola/Cesario, the petite Naian González Norvind has great facility with the Elizabethan language and a bright, brainy stage presence. Biko Eisen-Martin, who played the angry, disillusioned U.S. sprinter John Carlos in the Globe’s recent “The XIXth ,” shows his softer side as the emotionally unmoored Orsino.
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