Director Rebecca Bayla Taichman on Twelfth Night

Director Rebecca Bayle Taichman discusses her production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.  One of Shakespeare's greatest comedies, Twelfth Night ponders love lost and found.  A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian, but tragedy quickly turns to comedy when they wash up in a land turned upside-down by love.  With raucous antics, ravishing language and rich characters, Shakespeare creates a bittersweet tale of laughter and longing.  Rebecca Bayla Taichman returns after her "chic, funny and marvelously actedâ€� production of The Taming of the Shrew (The Washington Post).  Veanne Cox will play Olivia, following her role in The Way of the World, and will be joined by STC favorites Floyd King and Nancy Robinette.  The production runs December 2, 2008, to January 4, 2009, in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St. NW).