num_pages: 101
description: Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.Variously melancholy, lyrical, joyous and farcical, Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearian audiences. The main plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love. Both Olivia and Orsino are attracted to Viola, who is disguised as a young man; and Viola’s brother, Sebastian, finds that he is loved not only by Antonio but also by Olivia.Meanwhile, in the comic sub-plot, Sir Toby Belch and his companions outwit the vain Malvolio, who is ludicrously humiliated. While offering broad comedy, Twelfth Night teasingly probes gender-roles and sexual ambiguities.
language: English
title: Twelfth Night
titlecomplete: Twelfth Night
characters: Olivia, Sebastion, Count Orsino, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, Viola, Malvolio, Sebastian, Feste
genres: Romance, Read For School, School, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Plays, Fiction, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 178156
places: Illyria
publisher: Wordsworth Editions