As You Like It

Play :: show/work:S2426, production/tour:T01685598833

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15 Mar 00 to 5 Oct 00

As You Like It Play :: listing:L0555623802, production:T01685598833, show:S2426, venue: V135

Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire

Details

Written around 1600 and set in two contrasting communities; city and forest. Rosalind and Celia have been banished from Court. In fear of their lives, they disguise themselves and seek sanctuary in the Forest of Arden. Amongst the magical and ancient boughs, Rosalind discovers her exiled father, uncovers various truths about herself and others...and falls helplessly in love. But in this earthly paradise nothing is quite what it seems: men do not always act like men, and women can be anything at all...Uplifting, awe-inspiring and immense fun, Shakespeare's wondrous comedy is a joyous celebration of the liberating power of love and the redeeming spirit of nature.
Performers Alexandra Gilbreath (Rosalind), Nancy Carroll (Celia), Declan Conlon (Jaques), Ian Hogg (Duke Frederick/Duke Senior), Adrian Schiller (Touchstone), Anthony Howell, Barry McCarthy, Andrew Pointon, Tom Smith, Danielle Tilley. Author Shakespeare. Company Royal Shakespeare Company. Director Gregory Doran. Design Kaffe Fassett. Design Niki Turner. Lighting Howard Harrison. Sound Martin Slavin. Choreographer Sian Williams. Director Terry King (fight). Music Django Bates.