PROVIDENCE — Shakespeare purists may be rolling over in their libraries, but the folks over at Trinity Repertory Company could care less; they’re taking the Bard out for a seriously bawdy and wonderfully comic stroll with a new production of “Twelfth Night.”

The play serves as a reminder that Shakespeare was an entertainer first and foremost. He'd scoff at the academic vexing and debating that is done in his name, yelling from the pit, "just get on with the show." Then, the curtain would rise, and he'd go to the box office to count up the receipts.