Tomorrow, is spanish celebration "Día de Reyes". It´s a day when everybody gives presents, specially to children, like Christmas day in Britain. It´s a tradition of two centuries and typical things are "Roscón de Reyes", some kind of cake with a surprise inside which gives good luck to the one who finds it. The night before "la cabalgata", a parade, leads along the streets of towns and cities.
But I would like to mention a lovely book. "Twelfth Night", " Noche de Reyes" in Spanish by William Shakespeare.
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich. It was written around 1601 and first performed in front of an audience on 2 February 1602.
Plot:
Like many of Shakespeare's comedies, this one centres on mistaken identity. The leading character, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria during the opening scenes. She loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes dead. Posing as a boy and masquerading as a young castrato under the name Cesario, she enters the service of Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with the bereaved Lady Olivia, whose father and brother have recently died, and will have nothing to do with any suitors, the Duke included. Orsino decides to use "Cesario" as an intermediary. Olivia, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with this handsome and eloquent messenger. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man, and who regards her as his confidant.
"Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better" Act III, Scene I
