{"product_id":"twelfth-night-9781722504182","title":"Twelfth Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eA COMPLEX COMEDY OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e is one of William Shakespeare’s most complex and intriguing plays. It is a wild and raucous romantic comedy complete with bawdy revelry, comic hijinks, and the rich poetry of Shakespeare’s best comedies. Here, two plots combine to create a beautiful exploration of love and laughter, misplaced passions, mistaken identity, all with a touch of melancholy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViola and Sebastian are almost identical twins who find themselves separated in a foreign country after a shipwreck off the coast of the magical kingdom of Illyria. Fearing that her brother is lost at sea, Viola disguises herself as a young man in order to get a job in the service of Duke Orsino, with whom she falls in love. Meanwhile, Countess Olivia, whom Duke Orsino is in love with, falls for Viola, disguised as a man, setting up one of the funniest love triangles in English literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside this plot, is another concerning a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his just punishment at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese two plots add texture and seductively beautiful explorations to the themes of love and time, gender and sexuality in this romantic drama of confusions, mistaken identities and the suffering it causes. The play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s sad song.","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43357000269942,"sku":"9781722504182","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_95085e1f-b994-4fdb-a7bc-256a9218048f.jpg?v=1777500051","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/twelfth-night-9781722504182","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}