Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

This weekend I saw 'Twelfth Night,' as put on by the Casper College Theatre department. What does this have to do with class? Well, it was set in the Renaissance. Plus it was hilarious. I haven't really had many opportunities to read or watch any Shakespeare, and seeing that makes me look forward to the upcoming section on the Catholic Counter-Reformation, in which I believe we are reading 'Hamlet.' In that particular play, the one I saw, I did notice a few things that allude to Shakespeare's participation in or support of the Counter-Reformation. For example, there was one rather amusing part in which Viola, Sir Andrew, the Uncle whose name escapes me and Maria are talking, well, conniving really. They discuss one of Olivia's ministers, who is a Puritan; each time, upon saying the word "Puritan," they all spit on the floor, showing their obvious distaste for such reformed religions.