As You Like It
As You Like It,a comedy by Shakespeare , registered 1600 and probably written 1599 – 1600 . It was first printed in the folio of 1623 . Firm evidence that it was performed before James I at Wilton has never been found. Shakespeare's chief source was Lodge's Ros-alynde , but some notable characters, such as Jaques and Touchstone , have no original there.
Frederick has usurped the dominions of the duke his brother, who is living with his faithful followers in the forest of Arden . Celia, Frederick's daughter, and Rosalind, the duke's daughter, living at Frederick's court, witness a wrestling match in which Orlando, son of Sir Rowland de Boys, defeats a powerful adversary, and Rosalind falls in love with Orlando and he with her. Orlando, who at his father's death has been left in the charge of his elder brother Oliver, has been driven from home by Oliver's cruelty. Frederick, learning that Orlando is the son...
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