![]() TWELFTH NIGHT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN COUNTLESS FORMATS, INCLUDING FILMS, MUSICALS, AND RADIO PRODUCTIONS, AND NOW OLD FRUIT JAR PRODUCTIONS OFFER THEIR FRESH TAKE ON SHAKESPEARE’S FARCICAL CLASSIC!ĪFTER A STORM DESTROYS ALL HOPE FOR A RELAXING CRUISE ACROSS THE OCEAN, VIOLA FINDS HERSELF SEPARATED FROM HER TWIN BROTHER AND MAROONED ON AN ISLAND RESORT BOOMING WITH PARTIES, MUSIC, AND ROMANCE! TAKING ON THE PERSONA OF A YOUNG MAN AND CALLING HERSELF CESARIO, VIOLA FINDS WORK UNDER THE LOVE-SICK DUKE ORSINO, WHO USES HER TO WOO A RIVAL BAR OWNER: OLIVIA. ![]() THE PLAY WAS INITIALLY PERFORMED IN LONDON TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD, HOWEVER THE TEXT WAS NOT PUBLISHED UNTIL 1623, SEVEN YEARS AFTER SHAKESPEARE’S DEATH. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AROUND 1601-1602, WITH ITS FIRST PERFORMANCES DATING BACK AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY 2ND 1602 (AS DOCUMENTED BY LAW STUDENT, JOHN MANNINGHAM). ![]()
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