num_pages: 152
description: When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the Forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - now a fellow exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. A gloriously sunny comedy, As You Like It is an exuberant combination of concealed identities and verbal jousting, reconciliations and multiple weddings.This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to As You Like It, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.
language: English
title: As You Like It
titlecomplete: As You Like It
characters: Rosalind, Touchstone
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Comedy, Plays, School, Romance, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 81591
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Teatre i arts escèniques
publisher: Penguin