As You Like It

noun

a comedy (1599?) by Shakespeare.

As You Like It

A comedy by William Shakespeare . Most of the action takes place in the Forest of Arden, to which several members of a duke's court have been banished. The speech “ All the world's a stage ” is from As You Like It .

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Minor parts, including in Henry IV Part 1 and As You Like It, preceded a meatier role as Alan Downie in the 1983 production of Slab Boys, with Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon.

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“All the world’s a stage,/ and all the men and women merely players,” Jaques declares in “As You Like It,” and his melancholy set piece reflects a standard Elizabethan trope that Shakespeare as a man of the theater couldn’t resist.

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Last year, she made her West End debut in the Shakespearean romantic comedy As You Like It, being nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance.

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Given the multitude of activities available in Ashland, there’s probably another “as you like it” joke to be made here, but I’ll spare myself the embarrassment.

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There’s also a Best Western with a faux Tudor facade, a storage place called As-U-Stor-It, even a sex shop called As You Like It – A Love Revolution.

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