Twelfth Night, or What You Will

This BBC Radio 4 podcast episode of "In Our Time" features Melvyn Bragg and three Shakespeare scholars—Pascale Aebischer, Michael Dobson, and Emma Smith—discussing Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." They delve into the play's setting in Illyria, its themes of love, desire, and social status, and the character of Malvolio and the cruelty directed towards him. The discussion also covers the play's historical context, its relationship to Shakespeare's other works, the complexities of gender and sexuality, and the challenges of staging the play for modern audiences.