12th Night Language

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Shakespeare wrote his plays utilizing all of the beautiful language he had at his disposal and the results are shows that endured the test of time and place. He gave a gift not only to all audiences that enjoy the productions of his shows, but also to the actors in the language he gave them to work with. Although many would say that his words are boring or old, when you are actually able to become familiar with the heightened language you quickly see the beauty and allure of this language that we simply no longer have in today’s modern society. Not only is this language beautiful but Shakespeare had a gift in the way he used it and consider his works a pleasure to hear.

That being said, the words in his show can only go so far, at a certain …show more content…
The use of mics for the actors allowed the volume of their voice to almost never become in issue, however the clarity was a result of their own hard work. Shakespearean language if unfamiliar to the person speaking it can very quickly become muddled and however amplified by the mic, will still be muddled, only louder. You could see the effort that went into producing this production simply by the clarity that the piece had as a whole. All of the actors understood what they were saying and very rarely was any part of the story lost due to a lack of clarity. Occasionally however, an actor or actress would become excited at points and their speaking would speed up in order to match this feeling, at these times I did feel that a bit of clarity became …show more content…
Nick has an incredibly loud and booming voice when he wants too and this was quickly put to good use in the show. His voice quickly brought attention to the character and helped to establish him to the audience as well as emphasis significant things that he was saying. However, this characteristic can not be the only quality of voice used by a performer or their character will quickly become flat. I thought Nick did a good job of varying not only the different pitches of his voice throughout the show but also the rate of his words, and the inflections used to portray different scenes was excellently done. I did notice however that his default when confused about how to portray something would be to return to simply a louder voice. The power of his voice was something he occasionally would rely on instead of the language at his
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