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	Twelfth Night (holiday) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Twelfth Night is a holiday in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany, or '''Twelfth Day''', and is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany".
		Twelfth Night is when all Christmas Decorations should be removed so as not to bring bad luck upon the home.
		Shakespeare 's play '' Twelfth Night, or What You Will '' was written to be performed as a Twelfth Night entertainment and first performed at Middle Temple Hall, London during the Twelfth Night celebrations of 1602 at the culmination of the celebrations, which was then at Candlemas, February 2.
	www.seattleluxury.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/entry/Twelfth_Night_(holiday) (510 words)

	Twelfth Night FAQ
		Twelfth Night was performed on February 2, 1602 in the Middle Temple, one of the four law schools in London collectively known as the Inns of Court.
		Twelfth Night was originally published in the First Folio (1623), and the Folio text seems to have been derived from an authentic and complete Shakespeare promptbook.
		Twelfth Night is the night of Epiphany, January 6, or, the twelfth night after Christmas.
	www.shakespeare-online.com /faq/twnfaq.html (181 words)

	Twelfth Night - The Holiday Time Forgot
		Twelfth Night was a final frenzy of feasting, drinking and often-raucous merry making before the community returned to its daily working grind for the rest of the winter.
		Twelfth Night was also the time for each household to conduct its ceremonial extinguishing of the Yule log.
		Twelfth Night was a key feasting holiday in an era where food presentation itself was a primary entertainment.
	historiccamdencounty.com /ccnews93.shtml (2090 words)

	SparkNotes: Twelfth Night: Context
		Twelfth Night is about illusion, deception, disguises, madness, and the extraordinary things that love will cause us to do—and to see.
		Twelfth Night is the only one of Shakespeare’s plays to have an alternative title: the play is actually called Twelfth Night, or What You Will.
		Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s so-called transvestite comedies, a category that also includes As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/twelfthnight/context.html (698 words)

	Twelfth Night History & Cartoon Fun by Brownielocks
		The Twelfth Night or Epiphany Eve is celebrated either on January 5 or January 6.
		This custom of lighting bonfires on the Twelfth Night is gaining in popularity in the U.S. Appointing a king to rule over the Twelfth Night festivities goes all the way to the reign of King Edward II in England.
		A description of a Twelfth Night cake from 1620 states that it was made from a mixture of flour, honey, ginger and pepper.
	www.brownielocks.com /twelfthnight.html (1431 words)

	Twelfth Night - MiddleWiki
		A Medieval holiday, Twelfth night was the twelfth day after Christmas; also called "Three Kings" as it is supposedly the day on which the Three Kings arrived at the manger to present gifts to the newborn Savior.
		Because of its importance in the Medieval calendar year; Twelfth Night is a popular theme for events.
		Every year a particular Twelfth Night celebration happens which is the Kingdom Twelfth Night; a larger event at which the Crown is usually present.
	www.midrealm.org /wiki/index.php/Twelfth_Night (87 words)

	Annie's Twelfth Night Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Twelfth Night, and the day itself is sometimes referred to as Twelfth Day.
		Twelfth Night was originally celebrated in the Middle Ages at the end of the 12 days of
		"Twelfth Night" or "Epiphany" were not found in the Bible.
	www.annieshomepage.com /twelfthnight.html (865 words)

	CAST :: Twelfth Night (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Twelfth Night itself is 6 January, the feast of the Epiphany, or the visit of the Three Kings to the baby Jesus.
		The play is certainly evocative of the mood of the Twelfth Night holiday; a time for sentiment, frivolity, pranks, and misrule.
		Shakespeare's principal source for Twelfth Night was undoubtedly the prose narrative version of Gl'Ingannati, 'Apolonius and Silla' which formed part of a book published by Barnabe Riche in 1581.
	www.srcf.ucam.org /cast/twelfthnight.html (996 words)

	Twelfth Night, or What You Will - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season.
		Twelfth Night was certainly performed at Candlemas, February 2, 1602 which was then the culmination of the long winter feast, at Middle Temple Hall, London by Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
		Twelfth Night was also performed at Court on Easter Monday, April 6, 1618, and again on Candlemas of 1623.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twelfth_Night (2012 words)

	Here is a sample annotated bibliography for Twelfth Night
		Twelfth Night is concerned with the disclosure of imbalanced sentiments (like Orsino’s love and Olivia’s grief).
		Twelfth Night has underlying melancholy, desires beyond mere romantic vision, limitations of nature of human reality, but also faith in human goodness.
		But characters in Twelfth Night do not know themselves at the beginning of the play—all wear masks; some are aware of them, some not.
	daphne.palomar.edu /CHRISTINE/e250/Twelfth/annbib12thnight.htm (1772 words)

	Camden County Historical Society Twelfth Night Revel
		In fact, by the time the night was out, the high-stepping folk group had a normally-staid audience of local history buffs not only applauding wildly, but gathering in the center of room for a stomping 50-person line-dance finale.
		The Society's Twelfth Night Revel on Friday was a demonstration of the traditions and customs of the now largely forgotten Jan. 6 holiday that used to end the Twelve Days of Christmas as celebrated in the 18th century.
		Among the night's attractions was an exhibit of authentic Twelfth Night cakes -- the confection that served as the centerpiece of the holiday commemorating the coming of the Magi to Bethlehem.
	historiccamdencounty.com /ccnews94.shtml (1378 words)

	Announcements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Twelfth Night, the evening before Epiphany, also called Epiphany Eve, traditionally marks the end of the Christmas season.
		Twelfth Night became an occasion for merrymaking in Italy and England and also marked the beginning of carnival, the season of boisterous merrymaking which preceded the self-discipline and abstinence of Lent.
		In Italy, Twelfth Night was known as La vigilia dell’Epifania, the Vigil of the Epiphany.
	www.ed.sc.edu /kridel/html/twelfthnight.htm (1256 words)

	How to Celebrate Twelfth Night - eHow.com
		Twelfth Night on Jan. 5 marks the official end of the holiday season.
		Decree that your guests dress either as ancient Roman celebrators, as characters from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night or in any costumes that suit their (or your) fancy.
		STEP 2: Serve lamb's wool, the traditional Twelfth Night drink in England and Ireland, made of cider or ale, sugar, spices and roasted apples.
	www.ehow.com /how_8246_celebrate-twelfth-night.html (448 words)

	The Bacchanals - Twelfth Night
		After Twelfth Night, he had nothing more to say about comedy, just as Henry V is such a great play that it closed the lid on history plays for him as well.
		The next night at Island Bay was packed with family and friends and it helped us all being stuck in such a tiny backstage space together as we all fed off each other's energy the whole night.
		Mark, Erica and I stayed with Erica's uncle that night and were thus spared a night of uncomfortable camping, although antics back at the campsite apparently culminated in Alex causing a fire in his accommodation (Alex refused to camp and paid out of his own pocket for cabin/caravan accommodation after Martinborough).
	www.thebacchanals.net /plays/twelfthnight (5993 words)

	Howl-o
		In ancient Rome, from the 17th to the 23rd of December, a Lord of Misrule was appointed for the feast of Saturnalia, in the guise of the good god Saturn.
		This holiday seems to be the precursor to the more modern holiday, and it carried over into the Christian era.
		Twelfth Night is a holiday marked by some branches of Christianity, marking the 12th and final night of the Christmas season, namely the night of twelfth day or January 5, the eve of the Epiphany celebration (January 6) to commemorate the adoration of the Magi.
	www.howl-o.com /12th_Night_Lore.htm (3056 words)

	Twelfth Night, Books on Ravens and Owls
		The other article looks at the way the energies of the moon and sun inter-relate at each of the seasonal holidays and is useful for people planning public rituals or private ceremonies.
		I'm a big fan of obscure holidays and Twelfth Night is one of the first I revived, after writing a college paper on the Shakespearean play of the same name which is full of jokes derived from the themes of the holiday.
		Twelfth Night (January 6) is the official end of the winter holiday season and thus an excuse for a big, blow-out of a party during which everyone ets to behave badly for the last time this year (that is until Carnival —; which is a long ways away — this year-Mardi Gras is February 24).
	www.schooloftheseasons.com /newletters/news123103.html (1706 words)

	Twelfth Night Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was a great approach to teaching Twelfth Night (have not use the Othello part).
		I found this book to be useful in getting across the ideas in Twelfth Night, and I plan to use it next year to teach Othello.
		I liked Twelfth Night also because it doesn't end with happiness and laughter like most comedies, it ends with the fool's sad song.
	www.holiday-book-reviews.com /Twelfth_Night (2093 words)

	Twelfth Night - School of the Seasons
		This twelfth night of the twelve days of Christmas is the official end of the winter holiday season and one of the traditional days for taking down the Christmas decorations (see also January 13 and February 1).
		In England, the Twelfth Night cake is usually a rich and dense fruitcake which contains both a bean and pea.
		In Russia, this was a night for divination.
	www.schooloftheseasons.com /twelfthnight.html (986 words)

	Twelfth Night
		Speculation has pointed to January 6th being an indulgent festival, a revelry signifying the end of the holiday season (the play designating an end of comedy or a farewell to wit of this sort in the artistic development of the playwright -- his efforts will focus on tragedies next).
		Twelfth Night is also called the Epiphany -- and we may need one to grasp the underlying meaning in this play.
		She senses her own attraction to the young "gentleman," and ends the scene with a ruse -- a ring she says Cesario left behind which must be returned with the message that he come again so she can explain her rejection of Orsino some more.
	www.wsu.edu /~delahoyd/shakespeare/twelfth1.html (1956 words)

	Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The quintessential Shakespearean comedy, Twelfth Night has it all: twins separated in a shipwreck, an impossible love-triangle, practical jokes involving yellow stockings and a heroine who suffers from a kind of Truth Tourette’s.
		Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, and fearing that her brother Sebastian has drowned, Viola must disguise herself as a man. She falls in love with the neighboring Duke Orsino – who loves the Lady Olivia – who loves the disguised Viola.
		Twelfth Night will be directed in the Festival Glen by SSC newcomer PJ Paparelli.
	www.shakespearesantacruz.org /summer05/twelfth.shtml (89 words)

	Twelfth Night Gala
		Over the wet snow on the night of January 6 (a mild one for the mean Minnesota winter of 1996), one hundred strange figures converged on a Tudor-style house in one of St. Paul’s picturesque Victorian districts.
		Holiday party group at Twelfthnight I. Waltzes and schottisches followed, and by now some neophytes negotiated them like pros.
		A period-style holiday party seemed in order for the chapter, but the board of directors in charge of planning events preferred Twelfthnight time, when members would be past the holiday-fried stage.
	www.victoriana.com /christmas/Twelfthnight.htm (3533 words)

	Buy Twelfth Night Tickets - Buy Discount Twelfth Night Theater Tickets Nationwide
		Twelfth Night was most probably performed on 2nd February, 1602 at Candlemas.
		Twelfth Night is still a very appealing and famous play in the modern world.
		The characters in Twelfth Night are Orsino who is the Duke of Illyria, Malvolio, steward to Olivia, Viola the protagonist of the play, his lost twin brother Sebastian, Olivia the noble lady of Illyria, Antonia the captain, Maria, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Feste and some other characters.
	www.onlineseats.com /theater/twelfth-night-tickets/index.asp (1076 words)

	Twelfth Night at CCHS Jan. 7, 2005
		The custom of a Twelfth Night festival has roots in ancient Rome and was celebrated in 19th-century England as the final fling of music, dance and merrymaking ending the traditional twelve days of Christmas.
		Guests at the Jan. 7 event are invited to partake of seasonal food and drink, tour 18th-century Pomona Hall, decorated for the holidays and aglow with candlelight, enjoy carols by madrigal singers and be surprised by a demonstration of traditional English Molly dancing in the Boyer Auditorium.
		In England and Ireland, the traditional Twelfth Night drink was called Lambs Wool, and made of cider or ale, sugar, spices and roasted apples.
	www.cchsnj.com /cchs_announce43.shtml (703 words)

	A Twelfth Night Tale of Old Cahokia
		For those of you who may not know, Twelfth Night is January 6, the twelfth night after Christmas and more commonly known today as Epiphany, the commemoration of the Wise Men finally finding the Christ Child after their long journey.
		In years past, Twelfth Night marked the formal end of the Christmas season and was widely-celebrated....
		On a table stood the grand Twelfth Night cake and somewhere in it was hidden a ring.
	www.illinoishistory.com /12thnighttale.html (1378 words)

	Enjoying "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare
		In "Twelfth Night", behind all the humor, both the jester and the play tell a truth that is at once happy and sad.
		"Twelfth Night" is January 5-6, the twelfth night after Christmas; you know the song about the twelve days.
		Or are you faking?" ("Twelfth Night" was written about the same time as "Hamlet".) The jester goes out to get the paper and ink that Malvolio has requested, singing a song.
	www.pathguy.com /12n.htm (11256 words)

	Twelfth Night
		Shakespeare mixes Twelfth Night with a potpourri of ingredients to achieve his comic effect—a set of twins, some situation comedy, a dash of dramatic irony, a dollop of romance, three boisterous merrymakers, and a puritanical sourpuss.
		In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s imagery chronicles the blissful anguish of love, the ways which love conceals or reveals itself, and the giddy joy of capturing it heart and soul.
		Twelfth Night is a comedy written in the festive spirit of the Twelfth Night of the Christmas season, January 6, as part of events celebrating the holiday season.
	www.cummingsstudyguides.net /xTwelfth.html (3982 words)

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