Twelfth Night's has lost contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes to be drowned, and with the aid of the Captain, she disguises herself as a young man under the name Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino.
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Twelfth Night's refuses to see entertainments, be in the company of men, or accept love or marriage proposals from anyone, the Duke included, until seven years have passed.
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Twelfth Night starts acting out the contents of the letter to show Olivia his positive response.
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Actual Elizabethan festival of Twelfth Night would involve the antics of a Lord of Misrule, who before leaving his temporary position of authority, would call for entertainment, songs, and mummery; the play has been regarded as preserving this festive and traditional atmosphere of licensed disorder.
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In 1910, Vitagraph Studios released the silent, short adaptation Twelfth Night starring actors Florence Turner, Julia Swayne Gordon and Marin Sais.
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Twelfth Night's is presented in the final scene of the film as William Shakespeare's "true" inspiration for the heroine of Twelfth Night.
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Operas based on Twelfth Night include Bedrich Smetana's unfinished Viola, Karel Weis's Blizenci (1892, 2nd version 1917), Ivan Jirko's Vecer trikralovy (1964) and Jan Klusak's Dvanacta noc (1989).
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Stage music based on Twelfth Night was composed in 1907 by Engelbert Humperdinck, famous for his fairy-tale opera "Hansel und Gretel".
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Overtures based on Twelfth Night have been composed by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Johan Wagenaar.
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Elizabeth Hand's novella Illyria features a high school production of Twelfth Night, containing many references to the play, especially Feste's song.
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One of Club Penguins plays, Twelfth Night Fish, is a spoof of Shakespeare's works.
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