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As You Like It is a 2006 romance film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based on William Shakespeare 's play of the same name. The film stars Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester, Janet McTeer, Alfred Molina, David Oyelowo and Brian Blessed in a dual role . The film transferred the play's setting to a late ...
Duke Frederick. Duke Senior is Rosalind ’s father and the rightful duke of the land. Before the action of the play, his brother, Duke Frederick, banished him from the land, forcing him to seek exile in the Forest of Arden. He lives there with faithful lords and attendants and generally keeps a positive outlook, embracing his circumstances ...
Time in As You Like It is, as Helen Gardner says, “unmeasured”: rather than events pushing us forward, we get more a sense of space, “a space in which to work things out.” 1. Space in the more literal sense, geography, plays its part in this suspension of urgency. The Forest of Arden is somewhere other, a “world elsewhere”: part of ...
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 (the house having been a focus for literary activity under Mary Sidney for much of the later 16th century) has been suggested as a possibility.
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 2, scene 1 In the Forest of Arden, the banished duke (Duke Senior) and the courtiers who share his exile discuss their life in the country and listen to a story about their fellow-courtier Jaques. Act 2, scene 2 Duke Frederick, discovering Celia’s disappearance, suspects Orlando. He sends servants to bring Orlando to court.
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 1, scene 2 Orlando wins the wrestling match and, at the same time, wins the heart of Rosalind, daughter of the legitimate duke, now banished by his usurping brother, Duke Frederick. Orlando is equally attracted to Rosalind. Act 1, scene 3 Duke Frederick suddenly decides to banish Rosalind. His daughter Celia, determined to go with Rosalind ...
Summary: Act 1, Scene 2. Rosalind is depressed about the banishment of her father, Duke Senior. Her cousin, Celia, attempts to cheer her up. Celia promises that, as the sole heir of the usurping Duke Frederick, she will give the throne to Rosalind upon his death. In gratitude, Rosalind promises to be less melancholy, and the two women wittily ...
