Film

Royal Shakespeare Company Live: As You Like It

Director
Kimberley Sykes
Certificate
12A
Running Time
200 mins

With her Duke dad in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia scarper into the Forest of Arden. This being Shakespearian comedy, she naturally disguises herself as a boy and falls in love. Cross-dressing shenanigans ensue.

https://youtu.be/-D88g6EUfC0

Kimberley Sykes, whose credits include Dido and Queen of Cathage, directs this new production of what has been described as the earliest sketch show – and is certainly one of the Bard’s weirdest plays.

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By robin askew, Friday, Mar 15 2019

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