Learning on ScreenLove in a Wood
- Synopsis
- An adaptation by Kenelm Foss of As You Like It, directed by Maurice Elvey with Elizabeth Risdon as Rosalind. The production, in modern dress, follows Shakespeare’s plot quite closely and places the action on a country estate. At one point in the film Rosalind and Celia arrive at a gypsy camp and buy clothes from the gypsies to disguise themselves.
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1915
- Duration
- c55; c5000 feet
- Availability
- Presumed a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Maurice Elvey
- Screenplay
- Kenelm Foss
- Cast
Elisabeth Risdon Rosalind Vera Cunningham Celia Gerald Ames Orlando Frank Stanmore Touchstone Edward O’Neill Squire Duke (Duke Senior) Fred Groves Fredericks (Duke Frederick) Kenelm Foss Oliver
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- St MargaretsTheatre Company, Twickenham
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- 1910s
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The American copyright date is March 1 1916.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp 221-3, 360).
Production Company
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