Noche de Reyes o La duodécima noche (inglés: Twelfth Night, or What You Will) es una comedia en cinco actos de William Shakespeare, escrita probablemente entre 1599 y finales de 1601. El título en inglés se refiere a la duodécima noche, contando a partir de Nochebuena, que es la Noche de Reyes o Epifanía. Fue escrita originalmente con el fin de ser parte de las celebraciones de reyes en la antigua Inglaterra. El nombre de su protagonista masculino, Orsino, probablemente fue sugerido por el príncipe Orsini, duque de Bracciano, un noble italiano que visitó Londres en el invierno de 1600 a 1601.

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Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.

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