As you like it folger library edition

Another perspective concerns crossdressing. But as the epilogue reveals, the sixteenth-century actor playing Rosalind was male, following the practice of the time. In other words, a boy played a girl playing a boy pretending to be a girl. As You Like It is thought to date from about , although it was not published until the First Folio. The only existing copy of this book is in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Item Title:. Item Call Number:. Luna Link:. View in our digital image collection. Item Creator:. Item Date:. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Phila[delphia, Pa. Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose older brother Oliver plotted his death, has fled there, too.

Recent scholars have also grounded the play in the issues of its time. These include primogeniture, passing property from a father to his oldest son. As You Like It depicts intense conflict between brothers, exposing the human suffering that primogeniture entails. Another perspective concerns cross-dressing.

But as the epilogue reveals, the sixteenth-century actor playing Rosalind was male, following the practice of the time.

In other words, a boy played a girl playing a boy pretending to be a girl. In As You Like It, witty words and romance play out against the disputes of divided pairs of brothers.

Orlando demands that his elder brother Oliver give him part of the money left by their father. Oliver decides to…. Orlando wins the wrestling match and, at the same time, wins the heart of Rosalind, daughter of the legitimate duke,….

Duke Frederick suddenly decides to banish Rosalind. His daughter Celia, determined to go with Rosalind into exile, suggests that they…. In the Forest of Arden, the banished duke Duke Senior and the courtiers who share his exile discuss their life….

He sends servants to bring Orlando to court. Edited by Dr. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Trade Paperback eBook. About The Book. About The Author. William Shakespeare. Product Details.