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  2. O Mistress Mine - Wikipedia

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    O Mistress Mine is an Elizabethan song which appears in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. It is sung by the character Feste, who is asked to sing a love song by Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch. The words of the song are addressed to the singer/poet's lover.

  3. Twelfth Night - Wikipedia

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    Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian , who are separated in a shipwreck.

  4. Little Christmas - Wikipedia

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    Christmas, Twelfth Night, Epiphany, Christmastide, Epiphanytide Little Christmas ( Irish : Nollaig na mBan , lit. 'Women's Christmas'), also known as Old Christmas , is one of the traditional names among Irish Christians and the Amish for 6 January, which is also known more widely as the Feast of the Epiphany , celebrated after the conclusion ...

  5. Sir Andrew Aguecheek - Wikipedia

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    Sir Andrew Aguecheek is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will. One of the supporting characters, Sir Andrew is a stereotypical fool, who is goaded into unwisely duelling with Cesario and who is slowly having his money pilfered by Sir Toby Belch. He is dim-witted, vain and clownish.

  6. The Twelfth Night Feast - Wikipedia

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    The Twelfth Night Feast is a relatively large 1662 oil painting by Jan Steen, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which bought it in 1945. [ 1 ] The picture depicts the Twelfth Night celebrations marking the end of the Christmas festivities and the beginning of Epiphany .

  7. Epiphany (holiday) - Wikipedia

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    Today in England, Twelfth Night is still as popular a day for plays as when Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was first performed in 1601, and annual celebrations involving the Holly Man are held in London. [100] A traditional dish for Epiphany was Twelfth Cake, a rich, dense, typically English fruitcake. As in Europe, whoever found the baked-in bean ...

  8. Sir Toby Belch - Wikipedia

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    Sir Toby is an ambiguous mix of high spirits and low cunning. He first appears in the play's third scene, when he storms onto the stage the morning after a hard night out, complaining about the sombre melancholy that hangs over his niece's household. "What a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thus?

  9. Twelfth Night (holiday) - Wikipedia

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    Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany Eve depending upon the tradition) is a Christian festival on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany. [1] Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night as either 5 January or 6 January , depending on whether the counting begins on Christmas Day or 26 December .