Event

PPP's NFS presents TWELFTH NIGHT

Possum Point Players' New Faces of Shakespeare

TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL

written by William Shakespeare
directed by Michael J. Murnin

Friday OCT 17 at 7:30p
Saturday OCT 18 at 2:00p and 7:30p
Sunday OCT 19 at 2:00p

Possum Hall
441 Old Laurel Rd / Georgetown DE

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
All Seats $10.00

Possum Point Players' POSSUM HALL
441 Old Laurel Road - Georgetown, Delaware

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION...
What happens when a ship wrecks off Coney Island, New York at the turn of the 20th century? A pair of twins, female and male, are saved unbeknownst to one other. The female, Viola, fears this imposing place and seeks safety by disguising herself as a man and seeks a job with the mayor, Mr. Tilyou. Tilyou, however, is incapacitated by the love sickness he has for the rich Countess Olivia who is mourning for seven years at the death of both her father and her brother.
The distraught Tilyou decides to send his new employee, Cesario (Viola) to court the resistant Olivia. Ironically, Olivia becomes immediately smitten with this messenger and actively begins to try to charm him into a relationship. When Viola's lost twin brother, Sebastian, appears, there is much craziness with mistaken identities. The resolution of this plot takes many turns.

Meanwhile, Olivia houses her uncle, Sir Toby Belch, who loves her witty chambermaid, Maria. Also living there is a servant, Fabian, a courtjester, Feste, and her major domo, Malvolio. Stopping by is a wealthy old crony of Toby's from the South, Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Toby, Maria, Fabian, and the Fool have a great time playing practical jokes on the uptight, puritanical Malvolio, and bilking Sir Andrew out of his money. The two plots intertwine in brilliant Shakespearean fashion to a mostly happy ending, set in the "Electric Eden" of Victorian Coney Island.