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As You Like It by William Shakespeare - is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. Synopsis The play is set in a duchy in France, but most of the action takes place in a location called the Forest of Arden. This may be intended as the Ardennes, a forested region covering an area located in southeast Belgium, western Luxembourg and northeastern France, or Arden, Warwickshire, near Shakespeare's home town, which was the ancestral origin of his mother's family-whose surname was Arden. Frederick has usurped the duchy and exiled his older brother, Duke Senior. Duke Senior's daughter, Rosalind, has been permitted to remain at court because she is the closest friend of Frederick's only child, Celia. Orlando, a young gentleman of the kingdom who at first sight has fallen in love with Rosalind, is forced to flee his home after being persecuted by his older brother, Oliver. Frederick becomes angry and banishes Rosalind from court. Celia and Rosalind decide to flee together accompanied by the court fool, Touchstone, with Rosalind disguised as a young man and Celia disguised as a poor lady. Rosalind, now disguised as Ganymede ('Jove's own page'), and Celia, now disguised as Aliena (Latin for 'stranger'), arrive in the Arcadian Forest of Arden, where the exiled Duke now lives with some supporters, including 'the melancholy Jaques', a malcontent figure, who is introduced weeping over the slaughter of a deer. 'Ganymede' and 'Aliena' do not immediately encounter the Duke and his companions. Instead, they meet Corin, an impoverished tenant, and offer to buy his master's crude cottage. Orlando and his servant Adam, meanwhile, find the Duke and his men and are soon living with them and posting simplistic love poems for Rosalind on the trees. It has been said that the role of Adam was played by Shakespeare, though this story is also said to be without foundation. Rosalind, also in love with Orlando, meets him as Ganymede and pretends to counsel him to cure him of being in love. Ganymede says that 'he' will take Rosalind's place and that 'he' and Orlando can act out their relationship.
William Shakespeare (Author), Abby Pugh, Alan Mapstone, Amy L. Gramour, Arielle Lipshaw, Charlotte Duckett, David Lawrence, Eden Rea-Hedrick, Elizabeth Klett, Grace Garrett, Katalina Watt, Ken Garrett, Kevin Green (Narrator)
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Haunted Voices: An Anthology of Gothic Storytelling from Scotland
Scotland has a stunning tradition of oral storytelling, from the firesides of the nation’s legendary storytelling families to the physical and virtual platforms of today’s narrative performers. Scotland is also a place with a strange, longstanding affinity with that most chilling of genres: the Gothic. Haunted Voices – a bold and ambitious anthology in both text and audio – showcases some of Scotland’s best oral storytellers, from archived stories of past masters to the work of contemporary performers, and their most disturbing tales of terror. Expect monstrous tongue-eaters, shadowy demons, haunted video tapes, wicked priests, strange shapes in the darkness, a retelling of Poe’s The Raven… and more! Scotland may be small, but it has many, many voices. So gather round and listen close. This is Haunted Voices: Scotland’s great Gothic chorus.
Ali Maloney, Alycia Pirmohamed, Anna Cheung, Chris Edwards, Conner Mcaleese, D. A. Watson, Daiva Ivanauskaitė, Daru Mcaleece, Fiona Barnett, Fran Flett Hollinrake, Gauri Raje, Gavin Inglis, Jen Mcgregor, Jude Reid, Katalina Watt, Kirsty Logan, Max Scratchmann, P. D. Brown, Paul Bristow, Paul Mcquade, Pauline Cordiner, Ricky Monahan Brown, Sean Wai Keung, Seoras Macpherson, Sheila Kinninmonth (Author), Ali Maloney, Alycia Pirmohamed, Anna Cheung, Chris Edwards, Conner Mcaleese, D. A. Watson, Daiva Ivanauskaitė, Daru Mcaleece, Fiona Barnett, Fran Flett Hollinrake, Gauri Raje, Gavin Inglis, Jen Mcgregor, Jude Reid, Katalina Watt, Kirsty Logan, Max Scratchmann, P. D. Brown, Paul Bristow, Paul Mcquade, Pauline Cordiner, Ricky Monahan Brown, Sean Wai Keung, Seoras Macpherson, Sheila Kinninmonth (Narrator)
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