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Still about halfway through Twelfth Night, but I have SO MANY THOUGHTS.

Orsino's 40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY ahahahaha such a character note, he's so the kind of person who would be having an enormous over-the-top party pretending he's twenty-five on his 40th birthday

I wondered on first sight why Sir Toby's actor was so young, but the answer is of course to create tension with Sir Andrew. Love Sir Andrew totally missing the buttery-bar gags -- the play has the same lines as always, but somehow they're coming out GAYYYYYY.

I wondered for a few minutes after her first appearance whether Feste is trans in this production. She's not, but she could have been and it would have fit, and it would have worked really well with the gender and sexuality play everywhere.

One text change I noticed was "She left no ring with me / What means Olivia?" where the proper name replaces "this lady." I didn't love Cesario calling Olivia by her first name that early, but I guess it's to remove ambiguity -- "this lady" could have been Malvolia in context.

Looking forward to the second half on an evening when I am not already screened out by the end of the night.