As You Like It

Name: As You Like It
Author: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

free · 23,013 words · 2 h 49 m audiobook, read by volunteers for LibriVox · first published 1623

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Dramatis Personae

Duke, living in banishment
Frederick, his brother, and usurper of his dominions
Amiens, lord attending on the banished duke
Jaques, lord attending on the banished duke
Le Beau, a courtier attending on Frederick
Charles, wrestler to Frederick.
Oliver, son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Jaques, son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Orlando, son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Adam, servant to Oliver
Dennis, servant to Oliver
Touchstone, a clown
Sir Oliver Martext, a vicar
Corin, shepherd
Silvius, shepherd
William, a country fellow, in love with Audrey
A person representing Hymen
Rosalind, daughter to the banished duke
Celia, daughter to Frederick
Phebe, a shepherdess
Audrey, a country wench
Lords, pages, and attendants, etc.

Scene: Oliver’s house; Duke Frederick’s court; and the Forest of Arden.

Act I

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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Dramatis Personae

Duke, living in banishment

Frederick, his brother, and usurper of his dominions

Amiens, lord attending on the banished duke

Jaques, lord attending on the banished duke

Le Beau, a courtier attending on Frederick

Charles, wrestler to Frederick.

Oliver, son of Sir Rowland de Boys

Jaques, son of Sir Rowland de Boys

Orlando, son of Sir Rowland de Boys

Adam, servant to Oliver

Dennis, servant to Oliver

Touchstone, a clown

Sir Oliver Martext, a vicar

Corin, shepherd

Silvius, shepherd

William, a country fellow, in love with Audrey

A person representing Hymen

Rosalind, daughter to the banished duke

Celia, daughter to Frederick

Phebe, a shepherdess

Audrey, a country wench

Lords, pages, and attendants, etc.

Scene: Oliver’s house; Duke Frederick’s court; and the Forest of Arden.

More by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

You get a play that keeps changing its mind about love, from the quarrelling lovers in the forest to Bottom blundering through his amateur performance. The language is playful and slippery, and Puck gives the whole thing a mischievous sense that human beings are never quite in control.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Helena chases a man who plainly doesn't deserve her, and the play knows it, which is what makes it interesting. If you like your comedies uneasy, with a bed trick and an ending that only half convinces, this one will stick with you.

Antony and Cleopatra

These two aren't young lovers, they're middle-aged, vain, magnificent messes who keep wrecking empires over each other, and you half want to shake them. Stay for Enobarbus, the dry-eyed friend whose barge speech about Cleopatra is worth the whole play.