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Shakespeare weaves together real and invented place references in the play. Many of Shakespeare’s comedies are set in Italy, and most of the characters in Twelfth Night have Italian names, suggesting the play is set in the vicinity of Italy. Viola and Sebastian refer to their homeland as Messaline.
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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.
Want to know where Twelfth Night is set? See each setting Shakespeare used in the play on the map below. Shakespeare set Twelfth Night in Illyria – the ancient name for the coast on the Adriatic Sea, which takes in parts of modern Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Albania, Croatia, and Montenegro.
Setting. Click on the images below to find out more about the setting of Twelfth Night and what we know about where the play is set. Every performance of Twelfth Night will be set in a place that has all of the things above but they can do that in lots of different ways.
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958. A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Twelfth Night. Find out more about the shipwreck that separates twins Viola and Sebastian and the resulting love story.
