ADC Theatre
Twelfth Night
4 December
– 8 December 2012
By William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night or What You Will is a romantic comedy believed to have been written around 1601 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.
The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebatian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola, disguised as a page named 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. In the comic subplot, several characters conspire to make Olivia's pompous steward, Malvolio, believe that she has fallen for him. This involves Olivia's riotous uncle, Sir Toby Belch, another would-be suitor, the silly squire Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Olivia's servants Maria and Fabian and Olivia's witty fool, Feste.
