For it's 2007 season, there was more Rain than Shine for our stalwart troops, but both actor and audience braved Rain, Shine, and occasionally hurricanes
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Off the coast, a ship is wrecked and a set of twins are separated by the raging winter storms - each believing the other to have perished. The sister, Viola, finds herself in the company of a Duke of the strange land, Orsino, who has sworn to woo and marry the Lady Olivia - a famous beauty of the region. Olivia, however, has sworn a life of celibacy, mourning the loss of her father - a matter of great discrepancy between the two. Finding herself in a land both cold and joyless, Viola disguises herself as a boy and integrates herself into Orsino's household fast becoming a favourite with the love-lorn duke, and unexpectedly warming the dispassionate heiress - unfortunately with unforeseen consequences. Add in a missing twin brother, a plague of plotting servants, and one of Shakespeare's most malcontented characters and you have a Yuletide to remember! Yes, Christmas does have a darker side, and certainly not the present Malvolio is expecting! |