Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two plots combine to create a farce touched with melancholy, mixed throughout with seductively beautiful explorations on the themes of love and time, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s sad song.'
Twelfth Night
Publication Date: 1979
Publisher: Argo
Pages: 3
Format: Audio Cassette
Authors: William Shakespeare, Eileen Atkins, Robert Eddison, Michael Denison, John Rowe, Robert Middleton, Oz Clarke, Andrew Seear, John Savident, Penny Rider, Ronnie Stevens, Louise Purnell, Kenneth Gilbert, Jeffrey Daunton, John Cording, Michael Thomas
