The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.0391 Wednesday, 23 February 2000.
Date: Tuesday, 22 Feb 2000 14:34:10 -0500
Subject: A Twelfth Night Question
Act 3, sc. 4 appears like a difficult episode to stage. How do you
account for Antonio's appearance since it is probably staged in the
house? And if it is not staged there, then what locations would the
original three exits probably have represented. In fact, in the Folger
Library text that I am using for my class, after line 283 the stage
direction says that everyone exits, leaving the stage bare before Toby
and Andrew reappear. Why is this not considered a scene change?