William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night or What You Will (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man.

The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded public performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Memorable Classics eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9791221375121
• Artikelnr.: 64537449

Autorenporträt

Roger Warren is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester. He has worked with the RSC, at Stratford Ontario, and in particularly with Peter Hall on the season of late Shakespeare plays at the National Theatre, and on recent RSC productions. Stanley Wells, General Editor of the whole Oxford Shakespeare series, is Chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Rezensionen

The commentary on Twelfth Night is alive with the editors' feeling for the play in performance. M.M. Mahoud, University of Kent, YES, 27, 1996