Sir Toby Belch Lady Olivia's uncle who lives with her and who is given to constant drinking bouts he delights in playing tricks on others. He meets Olivia and enters immediately into a marriage with her.Īntonio A sea captain who aids and protects Sebastian his pleas for help are ignored by Viola, who in her disguise looks exactly like her twin brother. Sebastian The twin brother to Viola who is mistaken for Cesario when he (Sebastian) arrives in town. Lady Olivia She is a rich countess who, at first, plans to mourn her brother's recent death for seven years, but when she meets the emissary from Duke Orsino (Viola disguised as a boy), she immediately falls in love with the youth. Her twin brother, Sebastian, looks exactly like her. As a boy, she is then used as an emissary from the duke to court Lady Olivia. Viola/Cesario After being shipwrecked, she disguises herself as a young boy, takes the name of Cesario, and attains a position in Duke Orsino's household because of her wit and charm. At the opening of the comedy, he is desperately in love with Lady Olivia, who spurns his romantic overtures in spite of the fact that he is a perfect and ideal gentleman. Orsino The Duke of Illyria and its ruler.
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