I found Scene 2 of Act 1 particularly interesting, if only to think about how this scene would play out on stage. Essentially there are two plays going on simultaneously: the play that we are watching, and the play that Delio and Antonio are watching. We look on and watch as Antonio and Delio look on and watch. We see not only characters entering and leaving the stage, but Antonio and Delio watching such characters enter and leave. In a sense, we are watching the action unfold through Antonio and Delio’s eyes – having spent the first Scene in their company, we are now party not only to their dialog, but also to their secrecy. This scene is in many ways similar to the garden scene in Twelfth Night, in which we (the audience) are able to voyeuristically peer in on private interactions taking place on the stage. The juxtapositions of various scenes within the scene are made clear only to us – in a sense the ultimate pleasure of the theater.

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