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SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night - July 5th, 7:00 PM

It’s a summer tradition at the Empress. This year the Lethbridge Shakespeare Performance Society bring Twelfth Night. 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. Viola, dresses as a boy and works for the Duke Orsino, whom she falls in love with. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia, and sends Viola to court her for him, but Olivia falls for Viola instead.

Check out the 1996 film adaptation of Twelfth Night below.