Twelfth Night facts
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In Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," a character recognizes a woman's handwriting by saying "Her c's, her u's, and her t's!", subtly spelling out the word "cunt" ("and" = n), hence the next line, "And thus she makes her great p's!" ("pees")
National holidays in Mexico include Independence Day (September 16), Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Las Posadas (December 16 to December 24), Noche Buena (December 24), Navidad (December 25), Año Nuevo (December 31 to January 1), Twelfth Night of Christmas (January 5), and the Day of the Dead (November 2).
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William Shakespeare's comedy-themed plays included All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It. Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline, Love's Labour Lost, Measure for Measure, Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Windsor, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Winter's Tale.
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1985 cult classic gender-bending teen flick "Just One of the Guys" was loosely based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, with Joyse Hyser's Terri Griffith character playing the part of Viola.
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In Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, a character answers a question about a beard by saying “I would not have it grow on my chin.” Stage directors still argue over whether the line should be read emphasizing “my” (implying a beard on someone else) or “chin” (implying pubic hair).
