Twins Viola and Sebastian are shipwrecked. Believing her brother drowned, and determined to survive alone, Viola disguises herself as a boy. As Cesario she enters the service of Orsino and is sent by him to woo Olivia. But Olivia isnt interested and Cesario is swept into a merry-go-round world of unrequited love, mistaken identities, high comedy, low tricks and desperate passion.