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As You Like It

Duke Frederick has driven out the lawful Duke and usurped his duchy. Rosalind (daughter of the banished Duke) falls in love with Orlando de Boys, as he is beating Frederick's champion in a wrestling match. Frederick banishes her, too, and she leaves, disguised as a youth called Ganymede, taking Frederick's daughter Celia and his jester Touchstone with her. Rosalind's troupe heads for the Forest of Arden, where Rosalind's father is living quietly, with Orlando and his brother Jaques now members of the old Duke's rustic court. Rosalind decides to live for a time as Ganymede, and she/he finds Orlando hanging poems to Rosalind on trees (no doubt he knows what he's doing?)... Ganymede promises to cure Orlando of his love, while Touchstone woos a country girl, Audrey. Meanwhile, a shepherdess called Phebe falls in love with Ganymede, scorning the love of the bumpkin Silvius. Oliver de Boys, another brother of Orlando, arrives and falls heavily for Celia. At the end, Ganymede turns himself

English
  • Originally Aired December 17, 1978
  • Runtime 150 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created August 17, 2015 by
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Name Type Role
William Shakespeare Writer
Basil Coleman Director
James Bolam Actor Touchstone
Timothy Bateson Actor Sir Oliver Martext
Helen Mirren Actor Rosalind
Clive Francis Actor Oliver
David Prowse Actor Charles
Brian Stirner Actor Orlando
Richard Easton Actor Duke Frederick
Jeffrey Holland Actor William
Richard Pasco Actor Jaques
Tony Church Actor Banished Duke
Angharad Rees Actor Celia
John Quentin Actor Le Beau