Twelfth Night

Variously melancholy, lyrical, joyous and farcical, Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearianaudiences. The main plot revolves around mistakenidentities and unrequited love. Both Olivia and Orsino areattracted to Viola, who is disguised as a young man; andViola’s brother, Sebastian, finds that he is loved not only byAntonio but also by Olivia.

Meanwhile, in the comic sub-plot, Sir Toby Belch and his companions outwit the vain Malvolio, who is ludicrously humiliated. While offering broad comedy, Twelfth Night teasingly probes gender-roles and sexual ambiguities.