The appropriation of Shakespeare's twelfth night is a movie called She's the Man
Some (like the Signet Classic Series) suggest that Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night in 1599-1600. It is believed by others (like the Riverside Shakespeare) that Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night (or What You Will) from 1601-1602.
The Comedy of Errors is about two sets of identical twins. Twelfth Night is also about twins.
It isn't known but there was another play at the same time called "What You Will". It's possible that Shakespeare may have wanted to call this one "What You Will" but didn't want to get them confused. So possibly his play was opening on Twelfth Night, so he used that for the name.
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.
Twelfth Night XII was created in 1985.
'If spirits can assume both form and suit,'
Some (like the Signet Classic Series) suggest that Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night in 1599-1600. It is believed by others (like the Riverside Shakespeare) that Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night (or What You Will) from 1601-1602.
There is one called Twelfth Night that I am aware of, but in the beginning its sad. I think its sad/comedy.
The Comedy of Errors is about two sets of identical twins. Twelfth Night is also about twins.
It isn't known but there was another play at the same time called "What You Will". It's possible that Shakespeare may have wanted to call this one "What You Will" but didn't want to get them confused. So possibly his play was opening on Twelfth Night, so he used that for the name.
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.
Olivia - Twelfth Night - was created in 1602.
Orsino - Twelfth Night - was created in 1602.
Twelfth Night XII was created in 1985.
Yes, William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night is a comedy.
Twelfth Night is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Henry V, Julius Caesar, and Measure for Measure are all in this period. Twelfth Night is as well. It was the era of the great tragedies, like Hamlet and Othello, of the last of the golden comedies, like Twelfth Night and As You Like It, and the beginning of the darker comedies like Troilus and Cressida and Measure for Measure.