This play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques and the jester Touchstone) are living.
Adaptations (4)
As You Like It has been adapted into 4 films, from 1905 to 2021. The most recent is Jie da huan xi (2021).
The Seven Ages1905 · film · 5 min · dir. Edwin S. Porter · IMDb ↗IMDb5.5A couple who have known each other all of their lives are shown together at different stages of life. First, as children, they play together affectionately. Soon afterwards, they are at school together, and as they grow older, they become lovers. Later on, their relationship and their lives move on to more important matters.
As You Like It2006 · film · 127 min · dir. Kenneth Branagh · IMDb ↗IMDb6.142%Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
As You Like It? · film · 117 min · dir. Christine Edzard · IMDb ↗IMDb5.6Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.
