Wednesday, February 3, 2016

"Twelfth Night"- Anchors Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2016 Season

Love makes fools of us all

Illyria is a topsy-turvy place full of romantics and eccentrics. At least that’s how it seems to Viola, who’s been cast adrift in this merry world. Out of necessity, she disguises herself as a boy but quickly becomes an object of desire to the woman her employer sent her to woo. Time eventually sorts it all out, but not before Viola and everyone around her are bewitched, bothered and bewildered as they traverse the often contradictory landscapes of their hearts. This sumptuous production sets Shakespeare’s wise, lovely comedy in a shimmering, tune-filled 1930s Hollywood.

This production of Twelfth Night is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. 
Director Christopher Liam Moore talks about his love for William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' and the 1930s Hollywood setting for the 2016 production that will be staged in the Angus Bowmer Theatre, running from Feb. 19-Oct. 30, 2016. For more information about the play

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