As You Like It
7.1
Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.
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Cast
27 people
Helen Mirren
Rosalind
Known for
Monsters University
MobLand
Brian Stirner
Orlando
Known for
Overlord
The Plague Dogs
Richard Pasco
Jaques
Known for
The Gorgon
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Angharad Rees
Celia
Known for
Hands of the Ripper
James Bolam
Touchstone
Known for
New Tricks
The Plague Dogs
Clive Francis
Oliver
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
The Crown
Richard Easton
Duke Frederick
Known for
Revolutionary Road
Dead Again
Tony Church
Duke Senior
Known for
Krull
Tess
John Quentin
Le Beau
Known for
Blue
The Stendhal Syndrome
Maynard Williams
Silvius
Also in
Truckers
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Victoria Plucknett
Phebe
Also in
The Duchess of Duke Street
How Green Was My Valley
Marilyn Le Conte
Audrey
Also in
A Haunting Harmony
Mud
Basil Coleman Director · William Shakespeare Author Geoffrey Burgon Composer
United States release February 28, 1979 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC, BBC Studios
Production
Time-Life Television Productions
Production
BBC
Production
BBC Studios
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 17, 1978
TV · BBC Two (The BBC Television Shakespeare)
United States · February 28, 1979
TV · WNET
United Kingdom
November 14, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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