Arden, Warwickshire
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The Forest of Arden is a territory and cultural reference point in the English West Midlands, that in antiquity and into the Early Modern Period covered much of that district: 'This great forest once
William Shakespeare was familiar with the Forest of Arden and set drama there, most notably As You Like It.
Marie Davey as Rosalind in As You Like It 2017
John Collier – In the Forest of Arden
Remains of Wayside Cross Marking South Western Corner of the Forest of Arden
As You Like It
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As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623.
Arden, Warwickshire
…Many of the key engagements of English Civil War of 1642 – 1651 were fought in the Arden area, such as the Battle of Camp Hill. Shakespeare's play As You Like It is set in the Forest of Arden, but it is an imaginary version incorporating elements from the Ardennes forest in Thomas Lodge's prose romance Rosalynde…
First page of As You Like It from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623
As You Like It, closing scene: the eight characters who marry with the god Hymen restoring harmony before they are commanded to dance. (Performance in Pop Up Globe, 2017)
Rosalind in the Forest, John Everett Millais, 1868, Liverpool Museums
Summer of 2015 Shakespeare in the Parking Lot production of As You Like it at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Education Center