Description acceptable. Courtney Parker describes how the limitations upon Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre led to “spectrums” of this action being depicted in Shakespeare’s plays. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this action performed by Portia in The Merchant of Venice to argue Antonio’s case in court against Shylock. A character in a different play responds “I am not that I play” in reference to performing this action.
ANSWER: crossdressing [accept answers describing dressing up as a man or dressing up as the opposite gender; accept Spectrums of Shakespearean Crossdressing; prompt on answers describing wearing a disguise or disguising herself as a lawyer]
[10e] In this Shakespearean comedy, Viola disguises herself as the male page Cesario after being shipwrecked in Illyria, where she falls in love with Duke Orsino while helping him woo Olivia.
ANSWER: Twelfth Night [or Twelfth Night, or What You Will]
[10h] In a different play, Bartholomew is disguised as this character’s wife, though it is often cut in modern productions. This drunken character is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman at the play’s beginning.
ANSWER: Christopher Sly [or Christopher Sly] (The play is The Taming of the Shrew.)
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