As You Like It

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 production of As You Like It. Directed by David Thacker with Samantha Bond/Kate Buffery as Rosalind.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 15 Jan 1993
Duration: 160 mins

Director

David Thacker

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Gary Yershon

Production Design

Johan Engels

Cast

General: Kate Buffery and Samantha Bond alternated the roles of Celia and Rosalind. The costumes and set resembled 17th century Dutch paintings.
History: Press night 22 April 1992. The production transferred to the Barbican.
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Smallwood, Robert As You Like It ((London: Arden Shakespeare, 2003). Discusses post-World War II RSC productions of the play focusing on staging the court, the Forest of Arden, Rosalind and Celia (especially cross-dressing), Jaques and Touchstone, the rustics, and the revelry of the final scene. Billington, Michael The Guardian (London) 24 April 1992.

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

British Universities Film & Video Council