No Fear Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 5, Page 3
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MALVOLIO
There is example for ’t. The lady of the Strachy married the
yeoman of the wardrobe.
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MALVOLIO
After all, it wouldn’t be the first time that kind of thing has happened. Lady Strachy married her wardrobe manager.
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SIR ANDREW
(aside) Fie on him, Jezebel!
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SIR ANDREW
(whispering) Damn him, the arrogant fool!
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FABIAN
(aside) O, peace! Now he’s deeply in. Look how
imagination blows him.
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FABIAN
(whispering) Shh! We’ve got him right where we want him. He’s on a big ego trip.
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MALVOLIO
Having been three months married to her, sitting in my
state—
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MALVOLIO
Just think of me, having been married to her for three months, sitting around majestically—
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SIR TOBY BELCH
(aside) Oh, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye!
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SIR TOBY BELCH
(whispering) If only I had a slingshot so I could hit him in the eye!
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MALVOLIO
Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet gown,
having come from a daybed, where I have left Olivia
sleeping—
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MALVOLIO
Calling my servants together, wearing an embroidered robe, having just come from a couch where I’ve left Olivia sleeping—
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SIR TOBY BELCH
(aside) Fire and brimstone!
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SIR TOBY BELCH
(whispering) That does it!
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FABIAN
(aside) O, peace, peace!
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FABIAN
(whispering) Oh, be quiet, be quiet!
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MALVOLIO
And then to have the humor of state, and after a demure
travel of regard, telling them I know my place as I would
they should do theirs, to ask for my kinsman Toby—
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MALVOLIO
Then I’d put on a lofty and exalted expression. I’d look around the room calmly, then tell them that I know my place, and I’d like them to know theirs. Then I’d tell them to go find my cousin Toby—
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SIR TOBY BELCH
(aside) Bolts and shackles!
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SIR TOBY BELCH
(whispering) That really does it!
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FABIAN
(aside) O peace, peace, peace! Now, now.
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FABIAN
(whispering) Oh, quiet, quiet! Please, please.
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