Le mythe comme détour dans Twelfth Night by Cécile Mauré

“…The study of the myth of Echo and Narcissus in Twelfth Night shows us however that it is a decisive element in the reading and the understanding of the play. …”
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“When the bear won't go hunt”: masculinity in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Jean-Louis CLARET

“…In Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, the character of Orsino stands for the male polarity, as opposed to Olivia who represents femininity. …”
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Mel et sal. Suavité et sévérité de la voix dans Twelfth Night by François Laroque

“…In Twelfth Night, the characters’ voices, now acerbic, now suave, turn language into a real chamber of echoes when the sounds and songs of carnival, charivari, buffoonery and folly are alternately heard besides the sweet musical strains. …”
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Shakespeare revisité, entre fidélité et parodie : de La Nuit des Rois à Shake de Dan Jemmett by Isabelle Schwartz-Gastine

“…It is called Shake, with a modest sub-title « around Twelfth Night », but which is indeed at the heart of the topic.Through the exploration of three themes: symmetry (of situations, of twin binarities), love’s misunderstanding, and music, I will argue that this comedy, whose title is a mix between the name of the Bard and the etymological meaning of the verb “to shake” as far as traditions are concerned, is faithful to the spirit (rather than the letter) of the Shakespearean original in a very healthy comic vein.It is not worth wondering if the spectators fully understood the meaning of this comedy in which the four actors change roles all the time: their frequent bursts of laughter clearly showed that they enjoyed the spirit of the comedy, whether they knew Twelfth Night or not.…”
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How to Undo Things and Selves with Words: Understanding Literature as Praxis in Virginia Woolf’s Essays on Actresses by Caroline Marie

“…Actresses embodying nineteenth-century acting, Ellen Terry, Sarah Bernhard and Rachel, as well as Woolf’s contemporary Lydia Lopokova, whose performance is reviewed in “Twelfth Night at the Old Vic” (1933), mediate Woolf’s reflection on literature from different perspectives: writing with the body, reading with gestures, creating from anecdotes, and becoming other.…”
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« Tout est dedans ». Remarques sur la matrice shakespearienne à propos d’I, Shakespeare de Tim Crouch by Virginie Yvernault

“…Written and performed separately between 2003 and 2012, I, Malvolio; I, Banquo; I, Caliban; I, Peaseblossom; I, Cinna (The Poet) give voice to characters from Twelfth Night, or What you will, Macbeth, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar. …”
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Pink Stockings, Yellow Stockings: the Use of Pink-Yellow in Marston and Shakespeare by Anita BUTLER

“…Fragmentary in style and dense with satire that is largely opaque for modern audiences, the play mainly garners scholarly attention due to its association with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, with evidence suggesting that both plays were written in 1601-1602. …”
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