Twelfth NightSet in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. |
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... beautiful costumes . Shakespeare's audience would have immediately known , by its title , that his new play Twelfth Night was an entertain- ment . In Elizabethan times , Twelfth Night was the last night of the Christmas holidays and was ...
... beautiful costumes . Shakespeare's audience would have immediately known , by its title , that his new play Twelfth Night was an entertain- ment . In Elizabethan times , Twelfth Night was the last night of the Christmas holidays and was ...
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... beautiful to look at , and contained many songs and dances . During the dances , the guests sometimes mingled with the performers ( who frequently wore masks ) while attendants wearing shimmer- ing costumes carried torches . Masques ...
... beautiful to look at , and contained many songs and dances . During the dances , the guests sometimes mingled with the performers ( who frequently wore masks ) while attendants wearing shimmer- ing costumes carried torches . Masques ...
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... beautiful and accomplished , she is also practical and courageous . When she believes her brother is dead , she does not bemoan her fate or go into mourning like Olivia . Instead , she goes out to seek employment . She falls in love ...
... beautiful and accomplished , she is also practical and courageous . When she believes her brother is dead , she does not bemoan her fate or go into mourning like Olivia . Instead , she goes out to seek employment . She falls in love ...
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