What happened in 1602?

On February 2, 1602, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" premiered at the Middle Temple in London.

"Twelfth Night" is a play written by the British playwright Shakespeare. It was written between 1600 and 1602. It was registered with the Bookstore in 1623 and included in the First Folio in the same year.

With a lyrical style and romantic comedy form, this work once again eulogizes the beautiful humanistic ideals of love and friendship, and expresses the beauty of life and love.

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The creative background of "Twelfth Night"

The plot of this play comes from "The Twins" by the Roman playwright Plautus and the Italian play Ingani. In Italy, there are three plays with the title "Ingani", the authors are Nicola Sage and Cazio Gonzaga, and there is also a famous work that is widely circulated and has a French translation. and Spanish translation.

The British writer Ritchie also wrote a prose work titled "Apollonius and Silas" based on the French translation of the famous play, which may be Shakespeare's most direct source. In addition, Shakespeare may also have consulted anonymous plays "Sir Clamnon and Sir Clemdes" (1570-1583), Sidney's "Arcadia" (1590) and Emmanuel ·Ford's prose romance "Parismus".

Some scholars believe that the description of Malvolio alludes to a courtier named William Norris in the court of Queen Elizabeth. In "The Comedy of Errors" written in 1594, Shakespeare wrote about two sets of twins who, because they looked exactly the same, were misunderstood by the people around them and made a lot of jokes. In the end, everyone met together to eliminate the misunderstanding and ended in a happy reunion.

The techniques of "Twelfth Night" and "The Comedy of Errors" are somewhat similar.

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