{"id":1269,"date":"2021-04-14T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&p=1269"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:09:23","slug":"twelfth-night","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/twelfth-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelfth Night\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The play refers to The Sophy \u2013 a ship that returned from Persia in 1599 \u2013 and a new map \u2018with the augmentation of the Indies\u2019 also published in 1599, and reissued in 1600. A diary entry by John Manningham notes a performance at Middle Temple Hall on 2nd February 1602. Probably written around 1601.<\/span><\/p>

First appears in the First Folio. It was probably prepared for print from the acting company\u2019s prompt-book, or a copy. The typesetting of the play was apparently interrupted by the manuscript being temporarily unavailable.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2018And some have greatness thrust upon
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Twelfth Night<\/em>, III iv<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Viola, shipwrecked, disguises herself as a man (\u2018Cesario\u2019). She is hired by Count Orsino to woo the heiress Olivia, who instead becomes attracted to \u2018Cesario\u2019. Olivia\u2019s servants and hangers-on plot against her pompous steward Malvolio, cruelly using his love for Olivia to bring him down. Confusion is multiplied by the appearance of Viola\u2019s twin brother Sebastian, in a comedy that mixes broad farce, human insight and melancholic song.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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