Twelfth Night/YMMV


 * Alternate Character Interpretation: Just pick up two different editions and read any introductions. It's Shakespeare. Come on.
 * Directing a production of Twelfth Night takes on an extra dimension if you're familiar with Alan Gordon's excellent Fools' Guild mysteries, to whit: Feste is . Oh, and Malvolio is apparently . Introducing these concepts to the actors playing these roles doesn't remotely translate to the audience, but is a hell of a lot of fun.
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: At the end of Trevor Nunn's film version, there's a shot of Viola and Orsino kissing next to Olivia and Sebastian -- and Viola and Sebastian reach out to hold hands. You can feel the joy.
 * Hilarity Ensues: It's Shakespeare. It always does.
 * Ho Yay: Some more Freudian interpretations of the play suggest it's actually intended to be a major theme. It's particularly blazing between Antonio and Sebastian.
 * Les Yay: Viola and Olivia.
 * Narm: Critics have pointed out that in Viola and Sebastian's reunion scene, the whole dialogue of "My father had a mole upon his brow" feels really artificial and disrupts what is otherwise a very honest scene.