Women As Passive Vs Women As Active Twelfth Night

Question 1

Manningham

Answer 1

Renamed the play “Malvolio” and focused on sub-plot

Women essentially cut out - unfunny (P)

Question 2

Johnson

Answer 2

1765 - “the marriage of Olivia… wants credibility”

- Olivia marries without care (P)

Question 3

Boaden

Answer 3

1831 - Viola is “a character of infinite delicacy and enchanting eloquence” (P)
- stereotypical femininity

Question 4

Tilley

Answer 4

1914 - “the character of Olivia… her exaggerated grief gives sudden place to exaggerated passion” (P/A)

Question 5

Crane

Answer 5

1955 - viola is not comic heroine - least comedic character

- “does not expect to find playing a leading role in comedy”

Question 6

Hazlitt

Answer 6

1817 - “secret charm of Twelfth Night is the character of Viola” (A)

Question 7

Winter

Answer 7

1895 - “Viola’s gleeful spirit is liberal” (A)

Question 8

Barker - F

Answer 8

1912 - “Olivia is a fool” (P)

Question 9

Palmer

Answer 9

1951 - reaction against actresses “who exploited their femininity” and “move away from Hazlitt’s excess”

Question 10

2021 Globe Production

Answer 10

• large focus on women
  
  • majorly female casting (gender blind)
• active role in both female/male roles
• feste - female (ACTIVE)