Monday, April 19, 2010

extra credit twelfth night

I went to see the play "Twelfth Night", playing at the Hofstra Playhouse, with Alan. Or so I thought. Unbeknowst to me, Twelfth Night was not playing that night, the Ides of March was. I did not know this because the little pamphlet thing they give you when you walk into the play said Twelfth Night on it. Thanks a lot Hofstra. Anyways, here I am, sitting watching this play that I think is Twelfth Night. The actors are saying stuff to a guy named Cesar, warning him about the Ides of March. At this point, I was a little confused. I didn't remember Twelfth Night having people wearing togas? But, I thought maybe the director took some creative directions with the play. And the character everyone was calling Cesar could easily just be a shortened version of Cesario. So I continued watching the play. A little before the play reached its halfway point, I realized there was no way this play could be Twelfth Night, and when I asked one of the attendants, they informed me I was watching the play The Ides of March. So, to make long stories short, I never got to see Twelfth Night. However, once my confusion about what was going on got cleared up, I actually did enjoy the Ides.

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