Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The
Malvolio and the Countess by Daniel Maclise (1840)
Scene from Twelfth Night, by Francis Wheatley (1771–72)
A depiction of Olivia by Edmund Leighton from The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines
Sir Toby Belch coming to the assistance of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Arthur Boyd Houghton, c. 1854
Malvolio is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, or What You Will. The vain, pompous, authoritarian steward of Olivia's household, his name comes from Italian for 'ill
William Pleater Davidge as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Theatre Royal, Bath (c. 1846). Painting by Henry Andrews.
Scene from Twelfth Night - Malvolio and the Countess by 19th century artist Daniel Maclise
R Staines Malvolio Shakespeare Twelfth Night