As You Like It (1979)
- Starring:
- Helen Mirren, Richard Pasco, (more)
Synopsis of As You Like It
The second presentation of the BBC/PBS 37-installment project The Shakespeare Plays was the Bard's As You Like It. The plot, borrowed from Thomas Lodge's romance tale "Rosalynde", takes place in the forest of Arden. Rosalind (Helen Mirren) is forced by various political intrigues to disguise herself as a man. She loves Orlando (Brian Stirner), but of course can't declare herself in her "male" state. Meanwhile, Phebe (Victoria Plucknett) pines away for Rosalind, who she assumes to be a very good-looking man. Other romantic entanglements involve Rosalind's friend Celia (Angharad Rees), the buffoonish Touchstone (James Bolan), the toothsome Audrey (Marilyn Le Conte) and Silvius the shepherd (Maynard Williams). Taped on location at Glamis Castle in Scotland, As You Like It mades its American TV debut on February 28, 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of As You Like It
- Helen Mirren - Rosalind
- Timothy Bateson - Sir Oliver Martext
- John Moulder-Brown - Hymen
- Richard Easton - Duke Frederick
- Arthur Hewlett - Adam
- David Prowse - Charles
- Angharad Rees - Celia
- David Lloyd Meredith - Corin
- Richard Pasco - Jaques
- James Bolam - Touchstone
- Tony Church - Banished Duke
- Clive Francis - Oliver
- Jeffrey Holland - William
- John Quentin - Le Beau
- Brian Stirner - Orlando
- Chris Sullivan - Dennis
- Producer(s):
- Cedric Messina
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