Twelfth Night

How much do you know about Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night? This section takes you step by step through the play, helping you to identify key plot points.

There are lots of characters in Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night. Take a look at the main ones identifying key attributes and relationships and analysing their part in the play.

There are many themes that run throughout Twelfth Night. Explore the themes of love, appearance and reality, and ambition looking at how they affect characters and influence story.

Shakespeare is renowned for the language he used and invented new words, many we use today. Explore the way he uses rhythm and rhyme and imagery and metaphor in Twelfth Night.

There are many different ways to interpret and perform Shakespeare’s plays. Watch the videos and decide how you would perform the three scenes from Twelfth Night.