As You Like It
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 11, 2003
Closed Nov 21, 2003
Opened Nov 11, 2003
Closed Nov 21, 2003
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Royal Theatre of Bath, with the Huntington Theatre Company, presents the Sir Peter Hall's production of As You Like It, with Rebecca Hall, Eric Sykes, and Philip Voss. Filled with laughter, love, and song, Shakespeare's genial comedy features one of the best-loved speeches in all of Shakespeare's work, "All the world's a stage ... ." Rosalind and her cousin Celia have run away to the idyllic Forest of Arden, populated by a colorful mixture of hilarious rustics and witty courtiers. Dressed as a boy in order to divert suspicion, Rosalind encounters the infatuated Orlando. When she offers to cure him of his love sickness by letting him woo her as if she is his sweetheart, the stage is set for blind love to overcome one misguided fool after another.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Wilbur Theatre
246 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116
The 1,200-seat Wilbur Theatre is a simple two-story brick structure, scaled more along the lines of a private residence than an opulent playhouse. Inside, the Wilbur has a fan-shaped house that provides excellent sightlines.
246 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116
The 1,200-seat Wilbur Theatre is a simple two-story brick structure, scaled more along the lines of a private residence than an opulent playhouse. Inside, the Wilbur has a fan-shaped house that provides excellent sightlines.
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In a spate of pre-opening interviews about his decision to direct his first production of As You Like It, Sir Peter Hall, whose half-century of illustrious credits includes the founding of the Royal Shakespeare Company, consistently stressed two points: (1) that his 21-year-old daughter, Rebecca, makes an ideal Rosalind, and (2) that the play's "dark side" has hitherto been under-explored.
He's at least half right. With her lush alto intonations lending an unaccustomed tenderness to the role and her goofy, boyish body language (think Emma Thompson in Carrington), Rebecca Hall is indeed well suited to Rosalind. She's especially effective in raggedy male drag as the character's Forest of Ard[...]