description: Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two plots combine to create a farce touched with melancholy, mixed throughout with seductively beautiful explorations on the themes of love and time, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s sad song.'
title: Twelfth Night
titlecomplete: Twelfth Night
characters: Viola, Olivia, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Count Orsino, Sebastion, Feste, Sebastian, Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, Theatre, Fiction, Poetry, Read For School, Romance
ratings_count: 178117
places: Illyria
publisher: Monarch Press