KS2 / KS3 English Literature - Twelfth Night

This film is from the series Shakespeare in Shorts available on BBC Teach.

An animated retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” set to modern music.

The twins Viola and Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck.

Fearing that Sebastian is dead, Viola disguises herself as a boy, calls herself Cesario, and takes up service with Duke Orsino.

She falls in love with Orsino but cannot do anything about it because of her disguise.

She also discovers that Orsino has fallen in love with Olivia but, following the death of her brother, she rejects him.

Orsino sends Viola to Olivia to try and win her round but, thinking Viola is a boy, Olivia falls in love with him.

Meanwhile Olivia’s steward, Malvolio, is trying to keep order in the house but her uncle Sir Toby Belch and his friends have other ideas.

They convince Malvolio that Olivia is in love with him and make him look extremely foolish – Olivia thinks her servant has actually gone mad.

When she sees Sebastian, who has survived the shipwreck, she naturally thinks he is Cesario and promptly marries him.

Orsino is furious when he finds out but, once Viola and Sebastian meet and reveal their true identities, there is a happy ending – for everyone but poor Malvolio.

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