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Twelfth Night

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Overview

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola 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.

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Notable quotes

“Wherefore are these things hid? Wherefore have these gifts a curtain before 'em?”
— Sir Toby, scene iii
“Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”
— Malvolio, scene iii
“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb, like the sun; it shines everywhere.”
— Feste, scene i
“I think we do know the sweet Roman hand.”
— Malvolio, scene iv
“If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.”
— Fabian, scene iv
“Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.”
— Feste, scene i

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