Lost things are found

This is me making my speech at the closing performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, December 2010.

This comedy is filled with loss: Olivia is grieving the death of her father and brother; siblings Viola and Sebastian both fear each other to be dead; Orsino is mourning over Olivia's rejection, Andrew was lov'd once, too; Toby has forgotten how to feel at all while Maria seems to adore him, "to bed?"; Malvolio loses his self-respect in his absolute compromise with a lie and Feste sings sad songs of empty lives and rainy days. 

And yet...

Olivia's heart is awakened by a surprising young visitor; the siblings are gloriously re-united; Orsino gets his 'man', Olivia hers and Andrew escapes his false friend's clutches. The others, I don't know how they fare, but I do know this: that lost things are found and dead things come alive!

So, do not fear. Hold fast to the truth. And live...