As You Like
It
Directed
by Tammie McKenzie Director of Theatre at Malone College.
April 8 - 12
In the Malone College Theatre
Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior (the banished
duke), is raised at the court of Duke Frederick (who is younger brother to Duke
Senior and took over his dukedom), with her cousin Celia (daughter to Duke
Frederick). She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but before she can
even think twice about it, she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens
death if she comes near the court again. Celia, being Rosalind's best friend,
goes with Rosalind (who is disguised as a boy, Ganymede) and Touchstone, the
court's fool, to the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they
happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's
eldest brother. What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the
cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for
her, and to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade
of Ganymede.
Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior (the banished
duke), is raised at the court of Duke Frederick (who is younger brother to Duke
Senior and took over his dukedom), with her cousin Celia (daughter to Duke
Frederick). She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but before she can
even think twice about it, she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens
death if she comes near the court again. Celia, being Rosalind's best friend,
goes with Rosalind (who is disguised as a boy, Ganymede) and Touchstone, the
court's fool, to the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they
happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's
eldest brother. What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the
cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for
her, and to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade
of Ganymede.