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In Act 5 Scene 1, Antonio says that he has just that day arrived in town and that he and Sebastian "for three months before, no interim, not a minute's vacancy, both day and night did . . . keep company." It must have been three months between the shipwreck (they appear to have met when Antonio rescued Sebastian) and the last scene. However it is not clear how long after the shipwreck Act 1 Scene 2 takes place. Not long, we assume, as Viola would not have waited three months to find out what happened to Sebastian.
But when is this three months' delay? Not after Act 2 Scene 1 when Sebastian arrives in Illyria and thus is the same day as Act 5. Also Act 2 Scene 2 must follow immediately after Act 1 Scene 5 since Malvolio leaves with the ring in the one and arrives in the other. Since Viola is carrying out the embassy to Olivia which she was commissioned to undertake in Act 1 Scene 4, there cannot be much time between scenes 4 and 5, maybe overnight. But in 1,4 Valentine says to Viola about Orsino "he hath known you but three days" Does Viola plan in Act 1 Scene 2 to work for Orsino then wait three months (less three days) to put it into effect? Surely not!
We would have to guess that Antonio and Sebastian had already been companions before the shipwreck. Let us say the shipwreck takes place on Saturday, and that's when 1,2 happens. Viola gets a job with Orsino Monday. Three days pass. She is commissioned to woo Olivia (1,4) Thursday and the rest of the play starting with 1,5 takes place on Friday. The action therefore would take a week.
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How much time elapses during the play?
Historically 17 years
Where does Shakespeares play Twelfth Night get its name?
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.
What is the Shakespeare play that takes place between dusk on January 5 and dawn on January 6?
The question is actually faulty; there is no Shakespeare play that takes place between dusk on Jan 5 and dawn on Jan 6. The question comes from an episode of The Weakest Link, but they flat out made a mistake. The answer is supposed to be Twelfth Night, because the real life Twelfth Night (i.e. the twelfth day of Christmas, and the day which marks the start of Epiphany) is indeed dawn on Jan 5 to dusk on Jan 6. However, the play is not set on Twelfth Night at all (nowhere in the play does it say what time of year it is, and the play takes place over the course of three months), the only reason it's called that is because it was originally written to be performed at a Twelfth Night celebration. Whoever came up with that question obviously just assumed that a play called Twelfth Night must be set on Twelfth Night, but didn't know anything about the play and didn't bother to check.
When was Twelfth night set?
The title suggests that it was at Twelfth Night or Epiphany which falls on January 6. However, there are no lines in the play which suggest that this is the case. Indeed the time setting was very vague and it can be and has been set very convincingly at a time several centuries after Shakespeare'd death. The title of the play is, in full, "Twelfth Night, or What You Will". The Stationer's Register shows that someone else wrote a play called "What You Will" at almost the same time. It is possible that this other play came out just as Shakespeare was finishing his play, which he intended to have the same title. He wouldn't want his play to be confused with the other one, and so quickly attached the name "Twelfth Night", perhaps because the play was to be premiered then. The Christmas and Epiphany seasons were popular times for the King or Queen to command special performances of plays at court, and so might be the occasion for a premiere.
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He marries her about three and a half minutes after meeting her. It's doubtful that he could have acquired any depth of love in that time.
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How much time elapses during the play?
Historically 17 years
Of time passes by?
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How did Twelfth Night get its name?
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