Twelfth Night: Or what you will - Part 3

[MuppetMollyStarGleek]

AH! He's so charming I can't hardly stand it! Feste, my heart is thine!

[MuppetMollyStarGleek]

I do believe that Feste is in fact related to Olivia on some level. But yes, they're chemistry is undeniable, and he is so very charming.

[hudson0815]

Helena Bonham Carter just fits into Shakespeare like a glove. Wish she would do more of his plays instead of one Burtonesque creep movie after another, lol.

[nnnnnCOLBYnnnnn]

feste = creep

[MsDiehardTwihard]

@MsDiehardTwihard And hex someone**

[MsDiehardTwihard]

I keep expecting Olivia to whip out her wand and her wand...

[HBCfan1]

Helena is amazing <3

[ModaVelo]

shit

[SilverLocket95]

Helena <3 That is all..

[cuttie16fanaticno1]

helena bonham carter's laugh is the best!! :D

[cuttie16fanaticno1]

to all helena bonham carter fans who watched this because of her :D she is my absolute favorite!!!!! XD

[cuttie16fanaticno1]

0:37 aww 

[Songsmirth]

He has only Sir Toby for kindsmen and he's a drunk. She loves Festes(sp) because he will tell her the truth. He loves her like a daughter. And she's not up to suitors of any kind. And because she really has no realitives, she depends on her servants. Unfortuantely, Malvolio thinks he has a place in her heart because of it. He's the top of the servants chain and is egotistical. He's starting to believe that he has a place in her life that he hasn't. Strange.

[Songsmirth]

He is right. We mourn because we miss someone. But if they are in heaven then they don't mourn themselves./The Count is stupid to woo her when she is mourning. He's in love with love and is spoiled. The heart can't be spit in so many ways. The fools in Shakespeare's works were the wise ones only playing the foolish. I like that that they mask their intelligence and live for putting down the arrogent ones. The high & mighty are egotists and the "fools" play upon that, like this one. :) Songs

[29DragonGirl]

@Songsmirth Well said, sir! :D

[shortypingi]

I love the Fool. Yay Ben Kingsley!!

[LoveeaaNoreneaa521]

Hî_Ì_fËÊl_sÖ_lÕnély_tödÂÿ

[Mira0Sekelsky]

Ben Kingsley. Best Feste ever.

Although the BBC version is brilliant too.

[TheyCallMeKAMiCHAMA]

i watched this because of she's the man lol

[combatarmsman101]

wait wait wait! the "madonna" is the same actor as that one lady from harry potter that killed serious

[aila0605]

@combatarmsman101 Helena Bonham Carter .... pretty obvious

[secretflavors]

wait, so what's the fool's relationship with olivia? and why is she calld madonna?

[910babysnakes]

@secretflavors The fool is Olivia's employee. He refers to her as madonna as madonna means lady.

[PoeticJustice05]

@secretflavors Madonna is Italian for "my lady." ma-donna; my-lady. It's weird because in Italian, the word for my is "mia," but they used "ma," which I could only think of coming from the French word for my, which is indeed "ma." However, Madonna is actually a designation assigned to any painting depicting the Virgin Mary. That's the true meaning of Madonna, the Virgin Mary.

[SvuFanForeva93]

Helena Bonham Carter!!! <3333

My favorite!

[BatmansFavoriteGirl]

@SvuFanForeva93 I'm glad some people have some sense. :)

[SvuFanForeva93]

@BatmansFavoriteGirl

Hahahahaha. (:

I know right! Who COULDN'T love her. (:

[BatmansFavoriteGirl]

Helena Bonham Carter is my favorite actress I think. She's so amazing, very diverse in her roles and yet she adds such a great threshold to each making them even better than imagined. :) My fav! <3

[SvuFanForeva93]

@BatmansFavoriteGirl

Absolutly mine too. =)

My all time favorie.

[yidneth]

@BatmansFavoriteGirl she's really gorgeous in a very unique way, i think a room with a view is where i find her prettiest, but she's indeed of of the queens of period drama movies

[SuperPowerTitan]

5 Fools have been taken away

[IeatzSkittles]

HARRY POTTERRRRR GIRRL!!!!!!!...... OLIVIA IS HARRY POOTTERRRRR

[diminade]

@IeatzSkittles you missed out imelda staunton i.e. maria or dolores umbridge.

[thexlost]

i wish i looked just like Helena Boham Carter. shes so pretty. actually, i wish a was her!

[SmallvilleTwilight]

5 people don't apperciate the working of Shakespeare or don't have a good sense of humor :)

[InLoveWithMIYAVI]

I beg to differ to those high rated comments.

Sir Andrews dancing is infact, made of WIN.

[Thecoldwaterfall]

I would bet sir andrew is related to obama lol

[BeautifullyTragicxx]

Is Olivia played by the same actress who played Bellatrix Lestrane in Harry Potter?

[DreadVane]

@BeautifullyTragicxx Yes.  Helena Bonham Carter, who's married to Tim Burton.

[ToriEllen91]

I love Feste's logic in this scene ^_^

[SuperPowerTitan]

@ToriEllen91 Ben Kingsley makes an awesome Feste!

[TheWanderingAngel]

Is it just me or does Malvolio speak to Olivia with aLOT of disrespect at 8:16 ?

[29DragonGirl]

@TheWanderingAngel Yep, you're right - Malvolio has come to think of himself as a much higher status than he actually is, and thinks he is superior to Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, even though he is only a manservant.

[mollyreadsalot]

I love Helena Bonham-Carter.

I know her cousin, I am so incredibly proud of that.

[xultraaviolettx]

@mollyreadsalot REALLY? I am so incredibly jealous of you, haha!

[FlippinBooks]

God I love Ben Kingsley as Feste. Even if this version did cut one of my favorite lines of his: "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage." ;P

[wolfheart4000]

I performed this play at my college a few weeks ago it was so damn hard. I played Maria

[sactorres66]

im reading along in the book, but its not in the same order

[420yeehaw]

Cousin Toby is the albino from the Princess Bride, right?

[Flipitiflop]

@420yeehaw yep!

[90lysander]

Has Bonham Carter done any of the Bard's plays since Twelfth Night? Along with the Mel Gibson/Franco Zeffirelli Hamlet, this film proves her to be an excellent Shakespearean.

[MOSTWANTED417]

andrew phail.

lol

duke ftw.

[sailormoonfan]

carter looks like keira knightley in here

[sgtcrab1]

Imogen Stubbs!!!The most beautiful woman in the world, See her in "A Summer Story" Pure magic!

[rldaniels95]

haha, Sir Andrew is so silly!

[WaterMots]

helena bonham carter of course!

[FenrirEatsChildren]

Feste's got mad swag

[DictionaryNinja]

I'm doing an English project about Shakespearean comedies, and I've always been eager to study Twelfth Night.

Makes a nice changing from the tragedies, with all this positivity around.

[RivaJane]

Woah, anyone else sense some real chemistry between Feste and Olivia?! Wasn't expecting that!

[TheWanderingAngel]

@RivaJane 7:19-7:33 - definately

[Thecoldwaterfall]

Ben Kingsly just steels the whole show!

The fool is the best and wisest of men ;-)

[Salierethefish]

Good god, Bonham-Carter is such a HAM!

[sarahsandiego2]

I play Olivia in my school production of this.

[SerendipityKat]

Does anyone know which classical pieces were used for Sir Andrew's dances?? I'd love to get them.

[CEMFargy33]

They're all based off of the songs that are actually in Twelfth Night. There should be sheet music for them :]

[ariadneugene]

Thanks for the upload

[000135981]

Feste didn't say 'cucullus non facit monachum'. I was hoping that he would, because I still don't know how to pronounce it. Does anyone?

[mrstilney]

cucullus is how it's spelt, same with non, facit is faykit and monachum is mon-ar-kum. so cucullus non faykit mon-ar-kum. :)

[Salierethefish]

@mrstilney Although, of course, a skilled actor could make a joke out of the mispronunciation - viz, "Cucullus non fake-it - non face-it - facitit - fack it - monarrr-chum."

[chima987]

oh, sir andrew. 100% Genuine Fail.

what a legend. 8]

[er10b]

@chima987 especially when Malvolio spots him...

[newg123456789]

nigel hawthorne staring out ben kingsley...impressive stuff.

[fireheart890]

Sir Andrew's dancing is made of fail XD.

[AndTheTonyGoesTo]

Absolutley made of fail!

[ZexionObsessed]

It is made of epic fail, my friend.

[Thecoldwaterfall]

@fireheart890 No its SHAKSPEAR the fail is after lol

[way2musical]

I'm auditioning Feste in my school's production...

Any advice? (Character quirks?)

I always pictured him less serious, less sarcastic, and more of a "trickster" than Ben Kingsley portrays him (esp. at the beginning).....

[YorickTheJester]

But as for quirks, I'd say lots of grinning and the occasional overly-exaggerated movements, such as bows and the like, (particularly when speaking to Malvolio, I would say). And, as I said, acrobatics would be a plus but that's a personal preference.

Break a leg! Feste is tied with Puck as my all time favorite Shakespearean clown.

[greekthanos]

we are playing this this weekend and im playing sir andrew agucheek

[bohemiandaisy9]

Helena is beautiful.

[Lammington2]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I cannot find it anywhere to buy, so this is a lifesaver.

[ferwynn04]

I think that Trevor Nunn made an amazing adaptation from Shakespeare's play, but Toby Stephen is so cute and hot that I forgot anything else. Isnt he great?

[JessFeser]

I totally agree. The first thing I ever saw him in was "Jane Eyre." Have you seen it? I thought he was amazing as Mr. Rochester. But then I saw this and I was like "Toby Stephens? With a moustache? HECK YES!" I love him so much in this. It sounds so natural coming from him (from all of them, actually).

[ferwynn04]

Of course I saw Jane Eyre!!! HE is the most amazing and sexy Rochester ever, And of course, he with a moustache its absolutely delicious. And that smile, that gorgeous smile of him. I totally love him.

[JessFeser]

Of course, I wasn't as big a fan of him in "Die Another Day". I don't know... I like him better as a hero than a villain. He's just so much better in period movies too.

[ferwynn04]

Well... the thing about being genetically modified is kind of stupid, but anyway he is wonderful. Of course, the classics makes the perfect match for him..

[nokomarie1963]

Yes. Helene B-C's speciality period and a way to speed things up. I think this play was very fast, actually. And this lot have taken massive liberties with the text.

Odd though, Helene B-C is very awkward with a corset and a skirt, she just just stumps along. Why specailize in it if you can't move gracefully?

[JessFeser]

Just a question... in the first two videos of the movie, why does the count have his arm in a sling? I don't remember reading that in the actual play, and I can't recall there being any explanation in the movie... did Toby Stephens just hurt himself while shooting and therefore had to wear a sling on film?

[BadMadMoney20]

Probably, but I just think that the producers wanted it in there. I guess they thought it made him look more dashing or something like that.

[hadadeavalon14]

You're right, that is not in the pIay . I think it has to do with the war between Illyria and Messaline (which is not in the play either). And it makes him look kind of weak too, and therefore, more attractive.

[JessFeser]

I see I see. I guess that makes sense. I don't see how an injured man is supposed to be dashing, but he does it very well nonetheless! Thanks!

[nokomarie1963]

I suspect that it has more to do with the question of why he didn't go and do his own courting. I notice they drop out all sorts of lines that don't suit the chosen time period so it follows that the Duke would press his own suit if he weren't laid up.

[JessFeser]

I noticed that this version seemed a little modern for the period in which it was written. I was a little confused at first... it looked more like it was set in the 1800's.

[OliviaLaw94]

I also think that is could maeke him look as if he has been in a fight, and maybe it is meant to make him look tough??

[DarkAngel7717]

No that's a comen thing. Haven't you ever seen I person ask a friend to talk to a girl for him, and ask her how she feels about him?

[nokomarie1963]

Not anyone I would give the time of day to.

[chucky50187]

nope, just straight out ask her myself

[DarkAngel7717]

Well you see it all the time in shows. A person turns into a go between and the go between gets mad.

[takeanumbertobeme]

I think that might be more of a girl thing to do.

[zoowijoowi]

It's Helena Bonham Carter, not Helena Carter! And yeah, Imelda Staunton is in this too. :)

[Kristen755]

I love Helena Carter!!

[TinyHandsMcGee]

Helena is sooo great!

[neoflowers1234]

And Oliva is Bellatrix LeStrange! ^^

[lollipopfop]

No. Olivia and Bellatrix are Helena Carter. ;)

[neoflowers1234]

I knew it! I thought she was umbridge! =)

[lollipopfop]

O! Yea. Thats Umbridge.

[TMTH4CanDyINA]

Viola and her brother Sebastion were seperated from a ship. Viola pretends to be a dude and works for the Duke, which is the ruler of Illyria. Viola has a crush on the duke but the duke likes a girl named Olivia. Olivia's dad died and her brother and her mother. And said she will not like a man for 7 years, but starts liking Viola. Sir Toby is a drunk guy who tells Sir Andrew to go out with Olivia but really just wants him to stay so Andrew can pay for his beer.

[Lilgirl8x]

the woman is umbridge in harry potter :D

[autokrator12]

Nigel Hawthorne is brilliant as Malvolio

[MissKit]

ahhh, Aguecheek is so funny :p

[Queerlioness]

who's the baldy?

[Chidi925]

Malvolio is such a bitch!

[mysticalight8222]

what year was this made?

[Kanaris44]

1996

[WhiskersInc]

WONDERFUL SCENES.

[blahmaen]

True dat.