Publisher's Synopsis
Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a play written by William Shakespeare in the early 1600s. The story is set in the fictional kingdom of Illyria, where a young woman named Viola is shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother, Sebastian. To protect herself, Viola disguises herself as a man named Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino, who is in love with the Countess Olivia. As Cesario, Viola falls in love with the Duke, but finds herself caught in a love triangle when Olivia falls for her male alter ego.Meanwhile, a group of Olivia's drunken relatives and servants, including the clownish Sir Toby Belch and the foolish Sir Andrew Aguecheek, plot to humiliate Olivia's strict steward, Malvolio. The play culminates in a series of mistaken identities, comic misunderstandings, and romantic revelations, as Viola's true identity is revealed and the various love interests are resolved.Twelfth Night is considered one of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring comedies, known for its witty wordplay, complex characters, and themes of love, gender, and identity. It has been adapted for stage, film, and television numerous times, and remains a beloved classic of English literature.Mar. Get ye all three into the box tree: Maluolio's comming downe this walke, he has beene yonder i'the Sunne practising behauiour to his own shadow this halfe houre: obserue him for the loue of Mockerie: for I know this Letter wil make a contemplatiue Ideot of him.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
