As You Like It

Adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy As You like it. This film is a fantastic resource for anyone studying the play or who just loves Shakespeare....I just did my LAMDA Gold (grade 8) exam yesterday and Rosalind and Celia were one of my pieces!

As You Like It is a comedy William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or the early 1600's. The Play centres on Rosalind and her cousin Celia, along with the jester Touchstone, as they flee court following a dispute between their fathers and go to the Forest of Arden (in France). Other Characters include Orlando; a young lover who is also banished from court and is in love with Rosalind, Oliver, Orlando's corrupted older brother who redeems himself  and falls for Celia, Jaques; a melancholy courtier, Silvius; a love sick farm boy who is love sick for the arrogant Phebe; a shepherdess and finally Audury; a dull-witted shepherdess whom Touchstone falls for. At the end of the play Rosalind unties her new friends and old family. Although there is a mix of genders in this film all characters would have originally been played by men.

Amazon DVD: As You Like It £4.13


Amazon review: If you think stuffy old Shakespeare could be livened up with some ninjas, Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) has heard your call. Adapter/director Branagh has set the pastoral comedy As You Like It in feudal Japan, where the characters are still British (they live in a community established by Western merchants) but now have reason to dress up in lush Japanese fabrics and engage in sumo wrestling.

Watch online: here

The film includes:



Romola Garai as Celia



Alfred Molina as Touchstone

Brian Blessed as the two Dukes



Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind