Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is an ambiguous mix of celebration and melancholy. It is a complicated tale of requited and unrequited love, in which a lovelorn prince becomes entangled with shipwrecked twins in various disguises, and the antics of those understairs create further chaos. But it is a traditional comedy, and the escapades of misrepresentations, misunderstandings and deliberate inversions eventually culminate in true love, rightful roles and reinstated identities. The play explores the nature of both love and loss in many forms. It addresses questions of identity, and the fluid notion of gender has particular relevance today. As always, the bard demonstrates a compelling insight into human nature.