Twelfth Night - Act 2 Scene 2 - Were not you even now (Subtitles in modern English)

➤ For English subtitles: Press the CC button.
➤ For all other languages: Press the Video Settings button → Captions/CC → 'Auto-translate' and choose your language.
🎭 We are a completely amateur Shakespearean theatre company founded in 1924. Therefore, all Super Thanks and Thanks donations go towards funding our future productions 🎭 🌱
🎭 🎭🌟🌊 Welcome to Illyria's craziest comedy! Twelfth Night is like a Shakespearean rollercoaster of mistaken identities and romantic chaos! 🎢💕
Act 2, Scene 2 starts with our lovable jester, Feste 🤡, showing off his wit and charm. He's like the emoji master himself! 🎭🤩 He bumps into the uptight steward, Malvolio 😒👔, who's as stiff as a board! You know the type! 🚀
Now, here's where the fun begins! Feste decides to play a little trick on the killjoy Malvolio by pretending to be the elusive Olivia's 🌹 messenger. He writes this outrageous letter with emojis! 📝😂 Imagine ancient emojis! 🧐🖋️ Feste tells Malvolio to wear yellow stockings 🧦💛 (the horror!) and smile like a crazy man 😜😄 to win Olivia's heart! Oh, the absurdity! 🤣
Malvolio, who's about as romantic as a rock, 🪨🚫 falls for the prank hook, line, and sinker! He struts around like a peacock 🦚 with his yellow stockings, grinning like a lovestruck puppy 🐶💘. The poor guy doesn't have a clue he's being laughed at behind his back! 😅🙊
Meanwhile, there's this love triangle brewing! 😍💔 Duke Orsino 🤴💕 pines for Olivia 🌹, who's head-over-heels for Cesario 😳💕 (little does she know that Cesario is actually Viola in disguise! 🤫). But guess what? Viola's secretly crushing on the Duke! 😱❤️ Shake it all up with some emojis and you get 💑💔😱💘!
The scene is set for Shakespearean chaos! 🎭🌪️ You'll be rolling on the floor with laughter! 🤣🤣 And don't forget the hilarious Feste, the master of emoji comedy! 🤡💬
So, strap on your seatbelt 🎢👀 and get ready for more madness as Twelfth Night takes you on a wild ride of love, deception, and comic brilliance! 🌟💕😂

[@nowwithdiagraams]

Thank you! This is brilliant, I wanted to see how Malvolio would throw down the ring as he is quite a complex character!

[@CorkShakespeare]

Thanks for your kind words. We're glad it was of help.

[@nowwithdiagraams]

@@CorkShakespeare No worries! Do you have any other tips for playing Malvolio?

[@amyluna3141]

Thank you for providing the subtitles, I watched it first without and the second time with and it helped me understand it. Thank you for your enunciation, my professor said his plays are better watched than read and I can definitely say that marks true!

[@CorkShakespeare]

Thanks so much for those kind words. It takes a lot of hours to create those subtitles and your recognition is a testament to the hard work.