Shakespeare Comedies
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The Quality of Mercy Is Strain'd
Portia's "quality of mercy" speech from The Merchant of Venice is a brilliant example of rhetoric, but has troubling overtones of contemporary antisemitism more...
By paying attention to the names Shakespeare gives to his characters, new ways of reading of the Twelfth Night can be opened up. more...
Benedick and Speech in Much Ado
Benedick's name suggests Shakespeare's concern in Much Ado About Nothing with "speaking well", and its moral, social and entertaining consequences. more...
Antonio's Fate in Twelfth Night
How a director chooses to interpret Antonio's silence at the end of Twelfth Night can affect the whole resolution of the play. more...
Malvolio, played by Nigel Hawthorne in the Trevor Nunn film of Twelfth Night, is brought down by his own hypocrisy and weakness. more...
Feste in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, is an fascinating character: a fool who seems to know more than most of the people around him. more...
Ben Kingsley played Feste in Trevor Nunn's 1996 film version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, giving a truly engrossing portrayal of an elusive character, more...
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