The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-25
TALE OF As YOU LIKE II"
ANALYZED SLIGHTLY
REFRESH MEMORIES.
The Pretty Pastoral Poem Which will
be Given Tonight by Janet wal
DORIS Company.

The Pretty Pastoral Poem Which viii |
be Given Tonight by Janet wal
DORIS Company.
AS You Like 1t" is a pastoral, but !
IL differs from the ordinary pastoral in !
that though the theme is love, there is |
much more human interest in it than
there is in the tales of lovesick shep~
herds and shepherdesses which our
forefathers so thoroughly enjoyed ard
which we find SO terribly wearisome. IL
is like everything that Shakespeare
touched. He found the material, al
uncut. duh looking stone; he took it
up, cut it, polished it, and it became
as brilliant as the sparkling diamond,
flashing wit and poetry and fancy from
its countless glittering facets.
The play commences i'm an orChald
it ends i'm the forest of Arden. The
Elizabethan even when town bred was
fond of the country. 1t was only tn
trading class that Rugged the town.
and even of this class. rural pleasures
We're their delight. London in those
days was surrounded by green fields
and pleasant woods. and without the
city precincts every house had its gar
den of flowers, its kitchen garden, and
above all its orchard. And how beau
tiful We're these in the SDring time,
]
pear and cherry scented the fragrant
air while the bees and butterflies fit
ted from flower to flower, and the birds
Caruled their Wooing song. Such is
the atmosphere we must have i'm mind
when we consider the opening passage
Of "As You Like tt
But the scene changes to the rug
ged forest full of wild beasts, for there
ARE lions and serpents in Arden, and
food is hard to get and the travelling
/ through it is weary walking, as poor
/ Celia says, II pray you bear with me;
/ | cannot go no further 1t is d place
/ where outlaws make their homes. but
/ yet withal, the softness of poesy is
/ cast over its bosky glades and deep.
/ cool, fern clad dells. And it is an adj
/ mirable place to make love it. 1t is
place where life
Exempt from public haunt
Finds tongues in trees books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good IN everything.
In such a setting is the plot develop
ed. 1t is no deep plot The only rea-
son for a plot is to get the characters
into the forest, so that the pastoral
comedy can be told, and that strong
interest can be taken in the characters
who masquerade through it.
Sir Rowland de Boys had left three
sons, Oliver. Jacques ana Orlando. OH
YER is a curmudgeon does not bring
sort with peasants and gives him no
/ opportunity in life. This Orlando re-
7 Sents. Oliver so hates Orlando that he
wishes to put him out of the way, ana
urges Charles. the wrestler, to Kill
him. Il had as lief thou uidst break
! his neck as his finger The wrestling
, takes place before Duke Frederick.
This Duke Frederick was a usurper
. having banished his brother the true
duke This latter has fed into the for
est of Arden, where he lives like Old
Robin Hood of England" and many
of the old mobiles join him i'm his out.
lawry. The banshed dukes daughter
Rosalind. remains at court with Celia
FredcriCk's daughter, and their love
for one another is that of Jonathan au6
David, of which indeed they are tn
female autotYpes.
At the wrestling Charles is defeated
by the youthful Orlando. and Rosa.
lind who is present straightway fails
in love with the gallant youth. Duil'
Frederick on learning that Orlando /:
a son of de Boys, a staunch suppCrtal
of the banshed duke, shows him no ia.
vor, but both Celia and Rosalind speai
kindly to him, and ROsalind gives hin
a gold chain. The fire of love Is kiE.
died Heavenly Rosalind" murmurs
! Orlando.
! But true love must not run smooth
| Duke Frederick, jealous of Rosalind',
+ popularity, banishes her, on pain OF
death. Celia cannot be separated from
{ her cousin Assuming boys clothes
, | ROSalind fees to Arden, accompanied
! by the gentle Celia and humorou.
Touchstone, faithful fool. They as
sumo the name of Ganymede and Ali
l ena.
t Orlando on his return from the wrest
ling is warned by Adam, an old re.
tainer, that Oliver intends to murder
In, off N,.,l.,, n,.1, do
r Adam, and the trick is done
The characters are ready fol
the pastoral masquerade. BanisheC
duke, banished lords, ROsalind, Celia
+ Orlando, Touchstone, Adam, all ar,
there. They meet the shepherds ant
Z shepherdesses, and they make love
and take an interest in others love. Or
lando meets Rosalind and under tbs
impression that she is a youth tell,
her of his love for Rosalind. To carr!
the idea out, She as Ganymede, per
sOnates Rosalind CherselO, and Or.
landO makes love to her, as he would
: to Rosalind. Then fairly runs a cata
ract of gems of fancy and beauty tina
pass between them.
The foil for this and the loves of tn,
shepherds are the scenes between Au
drey and Tombstone, with their conf,
} love, and the bitter wit of the melan
. choly Jaques, a banished lord follow
er of the banished duke. Jaques ha!
> supplied never to be forgotten passages
: from the description of him given 10y
the first lord, moralizing over the stric
ken deer, or the ''all the worlds {
] stage" speech which is one of the bes
known passages in Shakespeare, to hi
exit with,
" To see no pastime !; What YOU would have
I'll stay to know at your abandoned cave
He is biting, keen, satirical, and make
| an admirable antidute to the prevailing
! sweetness,
OF course all ends happily Olive
4 repents and falls i'm love with Celia
> Orlando gets his Rosalind. The shcp
herdess who fell in love with masquer
aiding Ganymede takes her shepherd