(Its secondary title, What You Will, has been construed, alternately, as a throwaway like As You Like It or Much Ado about Nothing, or as a pun on Shakespeare’s first name.) Epiphany celebrates the coming of the Magi or Three Wise Men, who recognize Jesus as savior, the baptism of Jesus, and, later, the miracle at Cana (John 2:1–12), when Jesus transformed water into wine at a wedding celebration. The play’s primary title alludes to a Christian holiday, the Feast of the Epiphany, which marks the culmination of the 12 days of Christmas on January 6th.
Events in History at the Time of the Play Twelfth Night Like many of Shakespeare’s comedies, Twelfth Night is not set at a specific historical period rather, its frame of reference corresponds to Shakespeare’s own time, touching on festive occasions, religious tensions, and the prevailing social order. Twelfth Night appears to have been written between 15, along with such major works as Much Ado about Nothing, As You Like It, and Hamlet (also in Literature and Its Times). During the 1590s, Shakespeare began his career as a playwright between 15, he composed most of his historical plays, along with comedies such as Two Gentlemen of Verona and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and tragedies such as Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet (also in Literature and Its Times).
Players’ records from 1594 verify his presence as a cast member for the acting troupe known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
Educated at the free local grammar school in Stratford and married young to Anne Hathaway, by whom he had three children, Shakespeare appears to have journeyed to London sometime in the 1580s. Separated from her twin brother after a shipwreck, a young woman disguises herself as a young man to serve a duke, but unwittingly captures the heart of the countess whom the duke is courting further romantic complications ensue when the twin brother arrives, but all is happily resolved.Įvents in History at the Time of the Playīorn in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564, William Shakespeare was a glove maker’s son who later became the most famous of British playwrights and poets.
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