As You Like It
Arden woodland comedy
As You Like It is a comedy by William Shakespeare, written around 1599.
The play follows Rosalind, who flees to the Forest of Arden disguised as a man, where romantic entanglements and mistaken identities unfold.
The title phrase, meaning "however you prefer it," captures the play's themes of freedom and self-invention.
We're seeing As You Like It at the Globe this weekend.
Famous Elizabethan theatre
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- folioSingle-fold page format
- quartoFour-leaf printing format
- FolgerAmerican coffee company
Stratford-upon-Avon · iambic pentameter · soliloquy · comedy · pastoral · Rosalind · Orlando · Touchstone
Female given name
- OrlandoCentral Florida city
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
love poems · Touchstone · Audrey · Celia · Oliver · marriage · wedding · Ganymede
Clever, inventive humor
- TouchstoneCorporate naming choice
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- satireMockery exposing vice
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
banter · fool · jester · melancholy · repartee · parody · cross-dressing · mistaken identity
Globe
Famous Elizabethan theatre
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- folioSingle-fold page format
- quartoFour-leaf printing format
Folger · Stratford-upon-Avon · iambic pentameter · soliloquy · comedy · pastoral · Rosalind · Orlando · Touchstone · disguise
Rosalind
Female given name
- OrlandoCentral Florida city
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
wooing · love poems · Touchstone · Audrey · Celia · Oliver · marriage · wedding · Ganymede · affection
wit
Clever, inventive humor
- TouchstoneCorporate naming choice
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- satireMockery exposing vice
disguise · banter · fool · jester · melancholy · repartee · parody · cross-dressing · mistaken identity · puns
Arcadia
Greek region or paradise
idyllic · sylvan · Audrey · countryside · groves · meadows · flock · nature · serenity · verdant