Project Gutenberg 2012-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 81 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Kemble, John Philip 1757 1823 Kemble, J. P. (John Philip) Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Produced by David Starner, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Twelfth Night; or, What You Will" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written in the early 17th century. The play explores themes of love, identity, and the complexities of human relationships through a series of humorous situations and mistaken identities. Central to the story is Viola, a shipwrecked woman who disguises herself as a man named Cesario, leading to a web of romantic entanglements involving Duke Orsino, who loves Olivia, and Olivia, who falls for Cesario. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Viola, who has washed ashore in the land of Illyria after a shipwreck. Concerned for her twin brother Sebastian, whom she believes to be dead, she decides to disguise herself as a young man to navigate her new surroundings. As she searches for safety and purpose, we learn about the Duke Orsino, who is lovesick over Olivia, a noblewoman mourning her brother's death, leading to her refusal of suitors. The opening sets the stage for a comedic exploration of love and deception, hinting at the unfolding chaos that will stem from Viola's disguise and the overlapping affections of all characters involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies Mistaken identity -- Drama Twins -- Drama Siblings -- Drama Shipwreck survival -- Drama Illyria -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 173598 173581 2024-09-16T11:06:06.913594 2023-09-17T06:00:31.917568 text/html text/html 175455 2012-02-16T13:42:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 438870 2012-02-16T13:42:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 352374 2024-09-16T11:06:14.179555 application/epub+zip 353033 2024-09-16T11:06:08.988592 application/epub+zip 116113 2024-09-16T11:06:07.659605 application/epub+zip 392493 2024-09-16T11:06:17.120677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365362 2024-09-16T11:06:13.057576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267446 2022-09-17T17:23:05.300539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134282 134181 2024-09-16T11:06:05.766651 2023-09-17T06:00:30.889569 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 134075 2012-02-16T13:42:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 48454 2012-02-16T13:42:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 134068 2012-02-16T13:42:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 48431 2012-02-16T13:42:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21993 2024-09-16T11:06:17.278577 application/rdf+xml 19128 2024-09-16T11:06:08.037598 image/jpeg 4845 2024-09-16T11:06:07.846621 image/jpeg 501919 2024-09-16T11:06:06.932655 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia