<p>Confusion reigns when the shipwrecked Viola, disguised as Cesario, enters the service of Duke Orsino, only to find her brother, Sebastian, has also been shipwrecked.</p>
Twelfth Night; or What You Will A Comedy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada;Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2014
- Category
- Fiction
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Penny Gay has written a new Introduction to this updated edition of Shakespeare's popular comedy. She stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. In addition, Gay analyzes its delicate balancing of romance and realism and exploration of gen
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