Analyzing Drama
You read one of Shakespeare's plays in this unit: Twelfth Night. For this activity, you will reread Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V.

Part A
Locate two different performances of the scene online. When you search the Internet, include the act and scene in your search terms - you want to be sure that you get the correct scene!
Which two versions did you choose? Include the URLs of your sources.

URL Source 1:

URL Source 2:

Part B
Now compare and contrast the techniques in the two theatrical versions that you watched. In the table below, describe the similarities and differences between the two versions for each element of the performance. Note how the techniques enhance or alter the audience’s experience and what meanings (shades of characterization, connotations of words, etc.) become clearer as you watch the two presentations.
Element of Performance
setting: background
Similarities
Differences
setting: props

characters: costume

characters: body language and facial expressions

tone of voice

actions

lighting

camera: focus and angles

dialogue: word choice

dialogue: emphasis

Part C
Use your response from parts A & B of the task to write an essay addressing the following points:
Compare and contrast the target audiences of the two versions.
Analyze the effects of the techniques on the individual audiences.
Include analysis of any special adaptations made to the text (the dialogue) or the setting that distinguish this version from the original play.
Edit and revise the essay for spelling and grammar errors.
Write your essay in the space below.

Part A:

sources:

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Part B:

setting: background

similarity: both are supposed to represent a rose garden.

Difference: one is much more of a courtyard and the other looks much more like a shed.  

characters: costume

similarity: very similar, all old fashioned. They have the main guy, a servant, a knight and a man named toby.

characters: body language and facial expressions

similarity: lord doesn't know how to smile. toby gets mad that the lord wants him to curtsy for him, the foolish night is happy to be included and the servant is quiet.  

tone of voice

similarity: main guy is just some angry old guy with an angry, full of himself tone

actions

similarities: The three side characters are sneaking up on the lord as he finds this letter.

differences: in one video the three impersonate statues while in the other they impersonate being flowers in a garden.  

lighting

similarity: very well lit you can tell it is supposed to be day time during this scene

camera: focus and angles

difference: in one video the camera focuses more on the lord while the other video focuses on the three characters.

dialogue: word choice

similarity: old

difference: one is much easier to understand while the other has more difficult language

dialogue: emphasis  

similarity: was on the note and three characters.  

Part C:

It is obvious to see that these videos are recorded in different  times and by different actors, however both are very done. The first video seems as though it was done many years ago. the 2nd might show a modern version in someone's backyard and with a much poorer production.  

The plays are very similar to each other, both have amazing actors who play the four characters, the attire is on point and the backgrounds are similar to the extent that you can catagorise the setting into being some sort of rose garden.  

It is clear that the dialogue was different between the two. In the first video, the dialogue was much older and difficult to understand. The second video was more modernised to the point where the language was more simplified and easier to understand while still keeping that “shakespearean tone”.  

In conclusion both videos did an amazing job sticking to the original play.