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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).
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.
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.
A Priest solemnises the marriage of Olivia and Sebastian in Twelfth Night. Edward the Black Prince (David Mendolsohn) in the American Professional premiere of Edward III, staged by Pacific Repertory Theatre in August 2001. Prince (title): Escalus, Prince of Verona tries to keep the peace between Montague and Capulet, in Romeo and Juliet. Prince ...
Sir Toby Belch is a drunken knight, and kinsman to Olivia, in Twelfth Night. Benedick is a central character in Much Ado About Nothing. He falls in love with Beatrice. Benvolio is a friend and kinsman of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Berkeley: Berkeley and Tressell (fict) are the two gentlemen accompanying Lady Anne, and Henry VI's coffin, in ...
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).
Actress Olivia Hussey, who shot to stardom in the 1968 film 'Romeo and Juliet,' spoke to Fox News about filming her controversial nude scene when she was just 16 years-old.
In Twelfth Night, Maria's letter in Olivia's handwriting designed to gull Malvolio reads: "I may command where I adore; but silence, like a Lucrece knife, With bloodless stroke my heart doth gore: M, O, A, I, doth sway my life." As Malvolio interprets the "fustian riddle", Olivia's inability or unwillingness to speak of her love for him is ...