Poor old Malvolio. Amid the comic romance of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” he is the imperious steward who gets cruelly pranked for sport, duped by a band of smart alecks who forge a love letter seemingly addressed to him. Then he is locked away in darkness, where his tormentors continue to mess with his mind. Twenty years after the end of “Twelfth Night,” Malvolio is long gone from the island of Illyria. A respected military general in a stubborn war, he is the leader of the Legion of the Cross-Gartered.

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Persons: Shakespeare’s, he’s, Betty Shamieh, Allen Gilmore, Celeste Jennings, festers Organizations: of Harlem, Legion Locations: Illyria