Viola, who believes she has lost everything after a shipwreck and finds herself in a foreign country, decides to make a new start and enters the service of Count Orsino disguised as a man. He is in love with the countess Olivia. Olivia wants nothing to do with him, but falls in love with the disguised Viola, who in turn has a crush on Orsino. Meanwhile, Olivia's court passes the time with drunkenness and wicked jokes, a jester is on the loose and the comedy takes its course.