<div><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>The characters of <em>Twelfth Night</em> are both memorable<br/>and engaging and it is through their funny, and at<br/>times bitter, interplay that we experience the<br/>peculiar world of Shakespeare's Illyria. This study<br/>begins with a introduction to the concept of<br/>"characters" on the early-modern stage before<br/>proceeding to a textual analysis of each of the<br/>main characters in the play, looking at how what<br/>they say and do, and what is said about them,<br/>creates the illusion of "character". Each chapter<br/>also contains a brief account of key performances<br/>by actors on stage and in film.</font></div>>
