For whoever cares to stand below only pays one English penny, but if he wishes to sit, he enters by another door (ingressus) and pays another penny, while if he desires to sit in the most comfortable seats, which are cushioned, where he not only sees everything well but can also be seen, then he pays yet another English penny at another door. And during the performance food and drink are carried round the audience so that for what one cares to pay, one may also have refreshment.
Before his death on April 23, 1616, Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays and 154 sonnets. Although he wrote so many wonderful pieces of literature, no publications were ever produced during his lifetime. That is until John Heminges and Henry Condell published First Folio; a thorough collection of his plays. .
The Twelfth Night is agreed by most critics to be the point of Shakespeare's comic peak This novel was written possibly in 1599 (but usually dated 1601) and the plot was said to be derived from Barnaby Riche's story "Apolonius and Silla." The first performance was on Feb 2, 1602 at the Middle Temple and was arguably performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. No scenery was needed during the performance, and thrones, stools, tables, beds were simply carried out as they were needed during the play. .
The Twelfth Night (January 6th) is actually the Epiphany. During the Epiphany noble households sponsored numerous performances of plays, masques, banquets and kinds of activities. This story opens up to a man, Curio dressing for the plans of that night. While dressing, he confesses how he feels towards a woman named Olivia. Olivia, a well-to-do woman, wants little to do with him, because her brother died and she chose to mourn him for seven years. Curio then decides he will talk to her later that night at the party. While the festivities are going on, off the coast of Illyria a woman, her captain and her twin brother are shipwrecked.
