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Viola's actions produce all of the play's momentum. She is a young woman of Messaline. In the beginning, Viola is found shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria and separated from her twin brother, not knowing whether he is alive or dead, the Sea Captain tells her that this place is ruled by the Duke Orsino, who is in love with Countess Olivia.
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.
Twelfth Night: 1600–1601 [33] First Folio Earliest known performance 2 February 1602 [34] Summary Viola finds herself shipwrecked in Illyria and, assuming that her brother Sebastian has died in the wreck, disguises herself as a man to gain a position in Duke Orsino's court. Orsino sends Viola (whom he knows as Cesario) to deliver a message to ...
A category containing female characters in William Shakespeare's works. ... (Twelfth Night) Miranda (The Tempest) N. ... Viola (Twelfth Night) Virgilia;
Sir Andrew Aguecheek is a foolish knight, and suitor to Olivia, in Twelfth Night. Ajax is the (sometimes foolish) champion of the Greeks in Troilus and Cressida. Alarbus is the eldest son of Tamora, sacrificed by Titus' sons, in Titus Andronicus. The Mayor of St. Albans appears briefly in the "Simpcox" episode in Henry VI, Part 2.
A servant (who Shakespeare may have intended to be the same character as "Peter") needs the help of Romeo and Benvolio to read the guest list for Capulet's party, in Romeo and Juliet. A servant to the Lord Chief Justice is abused by Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 2. A servant to Olivia is a minor character in Twelfth Night.
She made her professional theatre debut in 1956 playing Viola in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse. She made her Broadway debut in musical revue New Faces of 1956 (1956). Smith excelled in both comedy and drama performing in various works of Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Noël Coward, Edward Albee and Tom Stoppard.
Viola is a feminine given name derived from the Latin viola, given in reference to the flowering plant species. The name is in common use in Italy. The name is in common use in Italy. It is best known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night .