Stage Show *** As You Like It (Ashland, OR, 2019)

Clever song inclusions and staging retold the tale, but the modern gender twists got in the way of the story rather than aiding the modern audience in taking in Shakespeare’s language. Duke Senior, and the other female leads were excellent, but being called Duke and mother was less than satisfying, as were similar tropes that deviated from the original play.

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