《第十二夜》是莎士比亚著名喜剧之一,约作于1600 年,全剧五幕十八场.主要情节是:伊利里亚公爵奥西诺向奥丽维亚小姐求爱,屡遭拒绝.这时,一对孪生兄妹航海到伊利里亚,在附近海上遇难.妹妹薇奥拉改扮男装,投身奥西诺公爵家中为侍童,并充当了代他向奥丽维亚小姐求爱的使者.奥丽维娅对女扮男装的薇奥拉一见钟情,而薇奥拉却偷偷爱上了公爵.后来,奥丽维亚碰巧遇上薇奥拉的孪生兄长西巴斯辛,两人以误就误地结成夫妇.公爵也和薇奥拉终成眷属.全剧以兄妹相聚,情人结合而告终.本书包括该剧丰富的创作情况,版本变迁,最新研究成果和评论,原文以及注释等.

1. Text

2. Date and title

3. Sources

4. The criticism of Twelfth Night

5. Critical analysis by acts and scenes

6. Twelfth Night in the theatre

APPENDIX

1.Direct source: From Riche his Farewell

The Professor J. M. Lothian died in 1970.The chair of English in the University of Aberdeen, he left incomplete this edition of Twelfth Night, having prepared the text, assembled a collation and commentary, and begun to write an introduction: of this he had completed sections on the sources, date, and text, and was in course of composing his critical discussion of the play.