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During the mid to late 1980s, McGillis pursued roles on the stage, playing various roles in Shakespeare plays, including The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night.—Georgia Slater, People.com, 16 May 2025 At a party for one of his plays in college, Collins met a producer, who cast him in Twelfth Night in New York City's Shakespeare in the Park.—Jessica Sager, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025 The filmmaker, who uses they/them pronouns, cast trans actors to play cisgender straight men who pretend to be trans women, a decision that recalls the gender-bending twists of stories like Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025 The 2006 cult classic twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night starred Amanda Bynes as a cross-dressing soccer prodigy and Channing Tatum as the clueless, heartthrob team captain.—Paulina Prosnitz, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Twelfth Night
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of Twelfth Night was
before the 12th century
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