Twelfth Night

The characters of <em>Twelfth Night</em> are both memorable<br/>and engaging and it is through their funny and at<br/>times bitter interplay that we experience the<br/>peculiar world of Shakespeare's Illyria. This study<br/>begins with a introduction to the concept of<br/>characters on the early-modern stage before<br/>proceeding to a textual analysis of each of the<br/>main characters in the play looking at how what<br/>they say and do and what is said about them <br/>creates the illusion of character. Each chapter<br/>also contains a brief account of key performances<br/>by actors on stage and in film.