Stephen Fry makes his official return to the West End stage as Malvolio in an all-male production of Twelfth Night, a transfer from Shakespeare's Globe alongside Richard III.

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The all-female production follows closely after and all-male version of both Twelfth Night and Richard III, recently transferred to the West End from Shakespeare's Globe.

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Middle Temple hosted the first performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in 1602, and in 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh received a charter here from Elizabeth I to establish the colony of Virginia in North America.

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