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Characters in Twelfth Night constantly disguise themselves or play parts in order to trick those around them. Some of the most notable examples of trickery and role-playing in Twelfth Night are: Viola disguising herself as the page-boy Cesario ; Maria and Sir Toby playing their prank on Malvolio ; and Feste dressing up as the scholar, Sir Topas.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: Act I-V Summaries. The confusion that Sebastian creates when he returns would not occur without Viola’s disguise. Sir Andrew believes that the woman of his desires, Olivia, is spending too much time with Cesario, and challenges him to a duel.
Production information. Olivier Theatre, 2017. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; directed by Simon Godwin; design by Soutra Gilmour; lighting design by James Farncombe; movement direction by Shelley Maxwell; music by Michael Bruce; sound design by Christopher Shutt. The full production is available to stream on the National Theatre Collection.
This quote is significant as it marks the first time a character openly rebukes disguise and deception as a malevolent force, capable of misleading and causing inadvertent damage. Well, I’ll put it on and I will dissemble myself in’t; and I would I were the first that ever dissembled in such a gown (IV.ii.)
