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Olivia is a beautiful lady of noble birth who lives in Illyria.Before the play begins, she lost her brother, her guardian, after her father died. This loss has made her grief-stricken and she has refused to see anyone who does not reside in her household and declared that she will be in mourning for seven years (The element itself, till seven years' heat, Shall not behold her face at ample view).
A servant to Olivia is a minor character in Twelfth Night. A servant to Cardinal Wolsey is a minor character in Henry VIII. He announces the arrival of the disguised king and his followers to Wolsey's party. Two servants (fict) of Piers of Exton are sounding-boards for his plan to murder Richard, in Richard II.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian , who are separated in a shipwreck.
Maria is a fictional character in the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.She is a servant in Olivia's household. Maria is shown to have a friendly relationship with Sir Toby Belch, and exhibits a witty attitude.
Malvolio is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, or What You Will. His name means "ill will" in Italian, referencing his disagreeable nature. [1] He is the vain, pompous, authoritarian steward of Olivia's household.
Sir Toby is an ambiguous mix of high spirits and low cunning. He first appears in the play's third scene, when he storms onto the stage the morning after a hard night out, complaining about the sombre melancholy that hangs over his niece's household.
Olivia de Havilland, who played the sweetest character in movie history so well that no one even hated her for it, died Saturday in Paris. As the saintly Melanie Wilkes in the 1939 epic “Gone ...
Feste is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night.He is a fool (royal jester) attached to the household of the Countess Olivia.He has apparently been there for some time, as he was a "fool that the Lady Olivia's father took much delight in" (2.4).