Comedy · c. 1601
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, Viola disguises herself as the page Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino, who loves the Countess Olivia, who in turn falls for the disguised Viola. Meanwhile Olivia's kinsmen and servants gull her pompous steward Malvolio with a forged love letter, while Viola's twin brother Sebastian, believed drowned, turns up to untangle the confusions of identity and desire. Feste the fool sings the songs that frame the play's wistful mirth.
Contents · 19 parts
- Persons of the Play15 lines
- Act I, Scene 146 lines
- Act I, Scene 269 lines
- Act I, Scene 3about 120 lines
- Act I, Scene 447 lines
- Act I, Scene 5about 280 lines
- Act II, Scene 140 lines
- Act II, Scene 240 lines
- Act II, Scene 3about 160 lines
- Act II, Scene 4about 140 lines
- Act II, Scene 5about 170 lines
- Act III, Scene 1about 160 lines
- Act III, Scene 267 lines
- Act III, Scene 355 lines
- Act III, Scene 4about 360 lines
- Act IV, Scene 170 lines
- Act IV, Scene 2about 110 lines
- Act IV, Scene 339 lines
- Act V, Scene 1about 420 lines