BAGLEY WRIGHT THEATRE
Twelfe Night, or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Directed by David Esbjornson
September 13– October 20, 2007
Running Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes, with one intermission

About Twelfe Night
This is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful and haunting comedies. In Twelfe Night, or What You Will,* the inhabitants of Illyria are set awhirl by the absurdities of love. The Countess Olivia is deep in mourning, but her heart begins to warm when a shipwrecked Viola, disguised as a manservant, pays court to her for “his” master, Orsino. This play is famous for its clowns—the infamous drunk, Sir Toby Belch, and his band of party boys design a cruel joke on the priggish Malvolio in one of Shakespeare’s most memorable sub-plots. But Twelfe Night is also a bittersweet reminder about the frailty and vulnerability of love.

*in case you wondered if we've lost our ability to spell, we've decided to use Shakespeare's first folio spelling of Twelfe Night. Thanks for noticing!