Twelfth Night
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Gl'Ingannati
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"Apolonius and Silla"
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Character:
 | Viola/Cesario |
| Sebastian |
| Duke Orsino |
| Lady Olivia |
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| Lelia/Fabio |
| Fabrizio |
| Flamino |
| Isabella |
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| Silla/Silvo |
| Silvo |
| Apolonius |
| Julina |
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Plot:
| Viola & Sebastian are separated during a
shipwreck |
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| Lelia & Fabrizio are separated during
the sack of Rome in 1527; Lelia is 13 yrs old |
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| Silla falls in love with Duke Apolonius
while he stops Cyprus during his return from a war.
Silla wants him so in secret she boards a ship with her servant
Pedro (disguised as brother and sister) to visit him (in
Constantinople). The captain tries to rape her, she calls on
God, the ship is wrecked. |
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| Viola disguises herself as a boy (Cesario)
for protection and to become employed by Duke Orsino, which she does
and is then sent to woo the Countess Olivia (within this time Viola
has fallen in love with the Duke) |
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| Three years later, Lelia is placed in a
convent by her father; she escapes and disguises herself as a boy
(Fabio), and serves Flaminio (who sends her to woo Isabella) |
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| Silla dresses herself in male
clothing (the captain's trunk is the only other thing to survive the
wreck), assumes the name of her real brother Silvio and enters
Apolonius' service (he sends her to woo the wealthy widow Julina) |
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| Olivia falls instantly in love with
"Cesario" and informs him that if he wishes to come
again, Olivia will see him--Cesario does not return or receive
Olivia's affections. |
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| Isabella falls in love with
"Fabio", who receives Isabella's affection as long as
Isabella rejects Flaminio |
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| Julina falls in love with "Silvio".
Silla suffers and does not return Julina's affections. |
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| Sebastian shows up and is mistaken by the
servants and by Olivia as being Cesario; Olivia pleads with him to
marry her, he accepts--and they immediately get married. |
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| Leila's twin, Fabrizio shows up and the old
men think that he is the escaped Lelia, lock him in a room with
Isabella; after which he and Isabella must become betrothed |
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| The real Silvio, looking for his sister,
shows up at Constantinople, where he meets Julina in a park. She
mistakes him for the count's page and invites him to supper. They
dine, and then go to bed together, Julina conceives a child. Silvio
leaves town in haste the next morning (afraid that he was mistaken
for someone else). |
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| Cesario/Viola and Duke Orsino enter Olivia's
estate; Olivia states that she and Cesario are married, Orsino turns
on Cesario stating that he will have revenge, Cesario denies that
they are married and swears allegiance to Orsino; Olivia calls for
the priest to prove that they are married; Sebastian enters, he and
Viola reunite, Viola's true identity is revealed, Orsino asks Viola
to marry him. |
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| Flaminio finds out that Isabella and
Fabrizio are engaged and is outraged. He is persuaded not to take
revenge by "Fabio" and instead marries Lelia |
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| Julina realizes she is pregnant and goes to
plead before Duke Apolonius, who has thrown his "Silvio"
in prison after hearing from the gossip of servants his page's
greater success in love. Anger erupts, Apolonius draws his sword and
threatens to kill "Silvio" unless "he" marries
Julina. Silla is forced to reveal herself (by stripping to the
waist), and Apolonius, taken with her faithfulness, marries her.
Silvio hears tales of these strange events, and eventually returns
to Constantinople, where he marries the grieving Julina and they all
live happily ever after. |
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Other Differences:
| Viola has never met Duke Orsino |
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| Flaminio is Lelia's beloved and then shifts
his affection to Isabella |
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| Silla falling in love with Apolonius causes
the story to happen |
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| Viola is an orphan, who believes to have
also lost her brother |
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| Lelia's father has betrothed her to
Isabella's father (a much older man) |
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| Silla's father is the Duke of Cyprus |
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