{"product_id":"twelfth-night","title":"Twelfth Night","description":"\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eFirst performed around 1601–1602 and published in the First Folio of 1623, William Shakespeare’s \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e is a comedy of mistaken identity, unrequited desire and the fragile boundaries between appearance and reality. After a shipwreck separates her from her twin brother Sebastian, Viola arrives in Illyria and disguises herself as a young man, Cesario, entering the service of Duke Orsino, who longs for the Countess Olivia. When Orsino sends Cesario to plead his suit, Olivia falls instead for the messenger, setting in motion a delicate tangle of affections, disguises and misunderstandings. Meanwhile, Olivia’s household becomes the stage for a parallel comedy of mischief, in which the sharp-witted Maria, the irrepressible Sir Toby Belch and the self-important Malvolio expose the vanity and absurdity of social pretension.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eAmong Shakespeare’s finest comedies, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e balances exuberant farce with an unmistakable undertow of melancholy. Its exploration of gender, desire, self-invention and the uncertainties of love has made it particularly resonant for modern audiences, while Feste the fool’s songs and observations lend the play a quiet, philosophical depth. The imagined world of Illyria becomes a place where identities can be tried on, conventions briefly overturned and longing allowed to escape the limits of reason. Written at the height of Shakespeare’s theatrical powers, the play remains a graceful meditation on the pleasures and costs of illusion, and on the curious distance between the happiness we pursue and the lives we actually inhabit.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eFrom the book\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-d-component=\"text\" class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 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data-d-streaming-word=\"\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-d-streaming-word=\"\"\u003eWilliam\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-d-streaming-word=\"\"\u003eShakespeare,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\" class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\"\u003e\u003cspan data-d-streaming-word=\"\"\u003eTwelfth\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-d-streaming-word=\"\"\u003eNight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eOn \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“By turns lyrical, sad, and ridiculous, love in Twelfth Night shares something of the elusiveness 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