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The elaborate gender reversals in this pastoral comedy set in the Forest of Arden are of considerable interest to modern critics. At one point in the play, the heroine Rosalind becomes a boy pretending to be a girl pretending to be a boy.

"As You Like It" Amiable at the Folger

Even though As You Like It is a comedy, it can be one of Shakespeare’s harder plays to enjoy. The action clusters in the first and final scenes, and nothing much really happens in the...

A Vivid Reflection on As You Like It

Originally composed computer music, costumes that evoke visual artists and iconic characters, set on a romantic, but not ornate stage, all refer to the distant and recent past. There is not a particular time period on which to fixate, here. Though...

An Adaptation Most 'Honor'-able

Honor is a very ambitious new musical based on William Shakespeare’s popular As You Like It, with the twist that it’s set in feudal 16th century Japan and has an edge so dark...

As You Like It

Period written: 1599 First known performance: August 4, 1600 Duke Senior, banished and usurped by his brother, Duke Frederick, now lives in the Forest of Arden, with his noblemen. Senior’s daughter Rosalind has been...

As You Like It a Matter of Taste

Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It, set in Meiji era Japan, is a strange mishmash of a film. From the beginning, the director prepares us for inconsistencies with a haiku that tell us he has envisioned a "dream of...

As You Like It: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 An orchard of Oliver’s house. (Orlando, Adam, Oliver, Dennis, Charles) Enter Orlando and...

As You Like It: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 A lawn before the Duke’s palace. (Rosalind, Celia, Clown Touchstone, Le Beau, Duke Frederick, Lords, Orlando, Charles,...

As You Like It: Act I, Scene 3

Scene 3 A room in the Duke’s palace. (Celia, Rosalind, Duke Frederick, Lords) Enter Celia and...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 The Forest of Arden. (Duke Senior, Amiens, Lords in Arden) Enter Duke Senior, Amiens, and two or three Lords,...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 The Duke’s palace. (Duke Frederick, Lords at Court) Enter Duke Frederick with...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 3

Scene 3 Before Oliver’s house. (Orlando, Adam) Enter Orlando and Adam,...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 4

Scene 4 The Forest of Arden. (Rosalind, Celia, Touchstone, Corin, Silvius) Enter Rosalind for Ganymed, Celia for...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 5

Scene 5 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Amiens, Jaques) Enter Amiens, Jaques, and...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 6

Scene 6 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Orlando, Adam) Enter Orlando and...

As You Like It: Act II, Scene 7

Scene 7 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Duke Senior, Amiens, Lords in Arden, Jaques, Orlando, Adam) A table set...

As You Like It: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 The Duke’s palace. (Duke Frederick, Lords at Court, Oliver) Enter Duke Frederick, Lords, and...

As You Like It: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 The Forest of Arden. (Orlando, Corin, Touchstone, Rosalind, Celia, Orlando, Jaques) Enter Orlando with a...

As You Like It: Act III, Scene 3

Scene 3 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Touchstone, Audrey, Jaques, Sir Oliver Martext) Enter Clown...

As You Like It: Act III, Scene 4

Scene 4 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Rosalind, Celia, Corin) Enter Rosalind and...

As You Like It: Act III, Scene 5

Scene 5 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Silvius, Phebe, Rosalind, Celia, Corin) Enter Silvius and...

As You Like It: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 The Forest of Arden. (Rosalind, Celia, Jaques, Orlando) Enter Rosalind and Celia and...

As You Like It: Act IV, Scene 2

Scene 2 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Jaques, Lords in Arden) Enter Jaques and Lords as...

As You Like It: Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Rosalind, Celia, Silvius, Oliver) Enter Rosalind and...

As You Like It: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 The Forest of Arden. (Touchstone, Audrey, William, Corin) Enter Clown (Touchstone) and...

As You Like It: Act V, Scene 2

Scene 2 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Orlando, Oliver, Rosalind, Silvius and Phebe) Enter Orlando and...

As You Like It: Act V, Scene 3

Scene 3 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Touchstone, Audrey, Pages) Enter Clown (Touchstone) and...

As You Like It: Act V, Scene 4

Scene 4 Another part of the Forest of Arden. (Duke Senior, Amiens, Jaques, Orlando, Oliver, Celia, Rosalind, Silvius, and Phebe, Touchstone, Audrey, Hymen,...

As You Like It: Epilogue

Epilogue (Rosalind) ROS. It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the...