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As You Like It

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Beth Seeley

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As You Like It

  • Shakespeare's (probably) 20th play

  • Based off of an earlier story by Thomas Lodge, called "Rosalynde."

Sources:

Act V

  • During Duke Fred's ride into the forest to kill his brother, he meets a priest who converts him to a peace loving life. Duke Fred gives up his throne to his brother, and joins a monastery.
  • Rosalind reveals herself to be a woman. Phebe, realizing she can't marry Rosalind, consents to marry Silvius. All four couples are happily married.

Act IV

  • Oliver arrives in the forest and finds them. He falls in love with Celia.
  • Orlando continues to pretend to woo Rosalind as a man

EVERYBODY DANCES! (Except Jaques)

loves, doesn't know it's her

Celia

Orlando

Rosalind

loves

loves as a man

loves

Silvius

Phebe

Oliver

loves

Audrey

Touchstone

Orlando

Rosalind

Father/Daughter

Brothers

Oliver

Sons of Sir Rowland de Boys

Duke Frederick

  • Eldest brother, left in charge when his father died. Jealous and cruel towards Orlando.
  • Stole the throne from Duke Senior and banished him.

Duke Senior

  • Banished to the forest of Arden by Duke Frederick.

Jaques

  • Youngest brother. Angry at Oliver for denying him an education
  • She lives at court with her Cousin, Celia after her father's banishment.

Father/Daughter

Touchstone

Cousins

Characters

at Court

  • Middle brother. Left the family to travel in the forest of Arden. He's very morbid. :(
  • Fool at Duke Frederick's Court.

Celia

  • Rosalind's best friend.

Act III

  • Rosalind and friends find that Orlando has been writing love poems to her on the trees.

Act I

Act II

  • Oliver sees an oppertunity to get back at his brother. He tells Charles that Orlando is really mean, and that it's perfectly fine to kick his butt.
  • Oliver and Orlando argue about Oliver denying him training to become a gentleman. Orlando vows to take the money left to him by his dead father and leave!
  • Rosalind (as a man) meets Orlando in the forest. She tells him to predend to woo her, and she will help him cure his delusions of love.
  • Hearing of his daughter's dissapearance, along with that of Orlando, Duke Fred sends Oliver to find them. He builds an army that will head into the forest to destroy Duke Senior once and for all.

Meanwhile

However

Meanwhile

  • At court, Rosalind and Celia watch the wrestling match. They meet Orlando, and see him beat Charles!
  • Charles, a wrestler for Duke Fred, hears that Orlando plans to take part in a match with him. He goes to Oliver, asking him to intervene.
  • Orlando finds Duke senior and his men. He joins their company.
  • Phebe continues to act cruelly toward Silvius. When she meets Rosalind (still dressed as a man), Phebe immidiatly falls in love!

But, I mean, really. Who wouldn't.

  • ...And Rosalind and Orlando instantly fall in love with eachother.
  • Oh, and Touchstone meets Audrey and they decide to wed. Go figure.
  • Orlando returns home, where his servant warns him that Oliver wanted him dead!

In another part of the forest:

  • Duke Fred saw Rosalind flirting with Orlando, and he banishes her! Celia cannot bear to be without her friend, so she leaves as well!
  • Orlando runs away to the forest of Arden!

Silvius

Corin

  • Rosalind dresses as a man, and Celia as a peasant woman. They run away to the forest of Arden!
  • An old, simple shephard that Rosalind and her friends meet.
  • Another shephard, who is madly in love with Phebe.

And take the fool, Touchstone. Just for kicks.

Characters in the Forest of Arden

Audrey

Phebe

  • Random country wench. Even more of a fool than touchstone.
  • A shephardess who hates Silvius.
  • Shakespeare, William, and G. Blakemore Evans. The Riverside Shakespeare. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Print.
  • "No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It." No Fear Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Plays plus a Modern Translation You Can Understand. 2010. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. <http://nfs.sparknotes.com/asyoulikeit/>.
  • "Complete List of Shakespeare's Plays, by Date :|: Open Source Shakespeare ." Open Source Shakespeare: Search Shakespeare's Works, Read the Texts. 2003. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. <http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/plays_date.php>.