No Fear Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
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Act 3, Scene 4, Page 2
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OLIVIA
Smilest thou? I sent for thee upon a sad occasion.
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OLIVIA
You’re smiling? I sent for you about a sad occasion.
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MALVOLIO
Sad, lady! I could be sad. This does make some obstruction
in the blood, this cross-gartering, but what of that? If it
please the eye of one, it is with me as the very true sonnet is,
“Please one, and please all.”
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MALVOLIO
Sad, my lady! I could be sad if I wanted to be. These crisscrossing laces do cut off the circulation in my legs a bit, but who cares? As the sonnet says, “If you please one special person, you please everyone who matters.”
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OLIVIA
Why, how dost thou, man? What is the matter with thee?
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OLIVIA
Why, what’s going on? What’s the matter with you?
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MALVOLIO
Not black in my mind, though yellow in my legs. It did
come to his hands, and commands shall be executed. I
think we do know the sweet Roman hand.
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MALVOLIO
My legs may be yellow, but I don’t feel blue. It was addressed to him, and orders must be obeyed. I think we know whose fancy handwriting that was.
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OLIVIA
Wilt thou go to bed, Malvolio?
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OLIVIA
Don’t you think you should go to bed, Malvolio?
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MALVOLIO
To bed? “Ay, sweetheart, and I’ll come to thee.”
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MALVOLIO
To bed! “Yes, sweetheart, I’ll come to you.”
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OLIVIA
God comfort thee! Why dost thou smile so, and kiss thy
hand so oft?
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OLIVIA
For heaven’s sake, why are you smiling like that and kissing your hand so much?
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MARIA
How do you, Malvolio?
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MARIA
How are you feeling, Malvolio?
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MALVOLIO
At your request! Yes, nightingales answer daws!
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MALVOLIO
You’re asking me! Noble people don’t answer to peasants!
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MARIA
Why appear you with this ridiculous boldness before my
lady?
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MARIA
Why are you acting so brazen toward my lady?
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MALVOLIO
“Be not afraid of greatness.” 'Twas well writ.
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MALVOLIO
“Don’t be afraid of greatness.” That was well written.
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OLIVIA
What meanest thou by that, Malvolio?
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OLIVIA
What do you mean by that, Malvolio?
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MALVOLIO
“Some are born great—”
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MALVOLIO
“Some are born great—”
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