'As You Like It' Open Air Theatre
Sat 21 Jun
|Shaftesbury
The Festival Players return with one of Shakespeare's best-loved romantic comedies in the gardens of Shaftesbury Abbey
Time & Location
21 Jun 2025, 19:00 – 21:30
Shaftesbury, Park Walk, Shaftesbury SP7 8JR, UK
About the Event
As You Like It is probably Shakespeare’s most entrancing romantic comedy. Rosalind, the daughter of a displaced Duke, is banished from the court by her father’s brother. Along with her cousin Celia, she escapes to the Forest of Arden and disguises herself as a man. She teases Orlando, a young man, who does not recognise her as the girl he loved at a distance. The pastoral world of the Forest is inhabited with a colourful array of folk, looking for love, and woven into this delightful tale, full of comedy and music.
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