A friendly sea captain tells her about Orsino’s courtship of Olivia, and Viola says that she wishes she could go to work in Olivia’s home. In this second production Ben Greet played Malvolio and Edith Wynn Matthison played Viola. For still we prove much in our vows, but little in our love. Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Sebastian and his sister Viola, a young gentleman and lady of Messaline, were twins, and (which was accounted a great wonder) from their birth they so much resembled each other that, but for the difference in their dress, they could not be known apart. ORSINO, Duke of Illyria. He was a bachelor then. A SEA CAPTAIN, friend to Viola VALENTINE, Gentleman attending on the Duke We do know that by 1592 he had achieved some prominence in London as both an actor and a playwright. Records for December of 1594 show him to be a leading member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. The years in which Shakespeare wrote were among the most exciting in English history. Copyright © 2003 by The Folger Shakespeare Library. At the estate of Lady Olivia, Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s kinsman, has brought in Sir Andrew Aguecheek to be her suitor. New worlds -- both North and South America -- were explored, and in them were found human beings who lived and worshiped in ways radically different from those of Renaissance Europeans and Englishmen. Gerald Laurence and Fay Davis open their Shakespeare season on April 12 at the Royal Court Theatre, London. We know from legal and business documents that he was a multifaceted theater man who became a wealthy landowner. dos fuentes: la leyenda de Amleth y una perdida obra isabelina conocida hoy como Ur-Hamlet o Hamlet original (hecho que se deduce de otros textos). Su autor probablemente basó Hamlet en ... Hamlet, es una tragedia del dramaturgo inglés William Shakespeare. The festival ran for two weeks with The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth (Loney, I: 50). TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL DRAMATIS PERSONAE ORSINO, Duke of Illyria SEBASTIAN, brother of Viola ANTONIO, a sea captain, friend of Sebastian A SEA CAPTAIN, friend of Viola VALENTINE, gentleman attending on the Duke CURIO, gentleman attending on the Duke SIR TOBY BELCH, uncle of Olivia SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK MALVOLIO, steward to Olivia Copernicus had earlier theorized that the earth was not the center of the cosmos but revolved as a planet around the sun. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Lewis Waller revived his Henry V, and Tree returned to close the Festival with The Merchant of Venice and Richard II (Loney, I: 54). The London Shakespeare Festival presented by Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s ensemble, began June 21 at His Majesty’s Theatre, London. When, finally, Sebastian and Viola appear together, the puzzles around the mistaken identities are solved: Cesario is revealed as Viola, Orsino asks for Viola’s hand, Sebastian will wed Olivia, and Viola will marry Count Orsino. Additionally, the following plays were performed for the first time in 1914 at the Old Vic: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. What is the name? WRITTEN BETWEEN 1590 AND 1596. ... Twelfth Night, or What You Will cutting and notes by John Minigan from the original by Shakespeare About 45 minutes. Twelfth Night is also called the Epiphany -- and we may need one to grasp the underlying meaning in this play. Scene II. 57 likes. Paperback. SEBASTIAN, a young Gentleman, brother to Viola. Description A shipwreck, separated twins, mistaken identities, revenge, romance and one pair of yellow stockings -- join The Fern Shakespeare Company in September at Duke Orsino's court for William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will. CAPTAIN. There the author, Francis Meres, claims that Shakespeare is comparable to the Latin dramatists Seneca for tragedy and Plautus for comedy, and calls him "the most excellent in both kinds for the stage."