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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the full text of the five-act comedic play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.
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Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online: Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Detailed explanatory notes can be found at the conclusion of each scene. A...
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Image Bank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of 16th, 19th, and 20th-century images from the Victoria and Albert Museum which includes three images inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: a 1912 Costume for Viola, a painting...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Twelfth Night in Context: A Summary of Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Twelfth Night - from early tales of confusion between twins to ideas about men playing women, women wearing men's clothes, carnival, and topsy-turvy. Included...
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Other

Twelfth Night Revision

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entire site is dedicated to Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," and it contains a wealth of resources for the Shakespearean comedy. In addition to summaries of each act, it contains interactive quizzes over the entire play, the...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Shakespeare Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the full text of the play, "Twelfth Night." The text of this Shakespearean comedy is organized by scene.
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Vancouver Island University

Ironies of Happy Endings: Introduction to Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Text of a college lecture that introduces William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." It provides some background for the play, including information about Pastoral Romance, the characters Viola and Feste, the language of love, and the...
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eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The full text of "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Twelfth Night"

For Students 9th - 10th
Background information for William Shakespeare's comedy "Twelth Night." Includes information about such topics as the romantic comedy, disguise and identity in the play, melancholy Malvolio, court festivities, and the end of...
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: Twelfth Night: What's So Funny?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan in which students draw parallels between modern sensibilities of what is humorous and the comedy of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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Emory University

Emory University: Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Emory University provides illustrations from various editions of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to "Twelfth Night" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Critical interpretation bibliography, scene-by-scene synopsis, and background information are available in this 14 page .pdf guide.
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TES Global

Tes: She's the Man Film Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the movie She's The Man, an American high school farce which is based on Shakespeare's gender-switching comedy, Twelfth Night. Discussion questions for pre and post viewing and...
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Absolute Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare: Twelfth Night Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Each act of the play is commented on here, often making reference to specific lines and speeches.
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shakespeare Uncovered: Collection

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Shakespeare Uncovered combines history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passions of its celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The Series 3 resources:...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Comedies

For Students 9th - 10th
From cross-dressing in Twelfth Night to magical storms in The Tempest; from deception in Much Ado to biting satire in The Alchemist, discover the beauty and complexity of Shakespearean and Renaissance comedies.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Twelfth Night (The King Drinks)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Twelfth-night (The King Drinks)", created by David the Younger Teniers from 1634-40 (Oil on canvas, 58 x 70 cm).
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Other

Shakespeare Is Elementary!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Designed as a resource for teaching Shakespeare to elementary students, this site includes student work, ideas for teachers, a PowerPoint of Shakespeare's life, some Shakespeare Web site links and recommended plays.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania provides great information on Charles Lamb's Shakespeares works. Includes a brief summary, then lists his famous plays, and each has a summary that can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link. This is...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.

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