As You Like It

Arkangel Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Stephen Mangan, Victoria Hamilton, Gerard Murphy

This pastoral comedy is one of Shakespeare's best loved, owing to its delightful heroine - the wise, witty, and virtuous Rosalind.

Rosalind, daughter of the deposed Duke Senior, is exiled from the court by her wicked uncle. Disguising herself as a young man and accompanied by her cousin Celia, she takes refuge in the Forest of Arden. In the forest Rosalind meets Orlando with whom she is in love, but her male disguise complicates matters, especially when Rosalind finds she has unwittingly attracted the shepherdess Phebe. But out of the confusion comes reconciliation and forgiveness, and all ends happily.

Rosalind is played by Niamh Cusack, Orlando by Stephen Mangan. Victoria Hamilton is Celia, and Gerard Murphy is Jaques.

Public Domain (P)2014 Blackstone Audio

As well as one can do...

...with one of Shakespeare's weaker plays. Lots of singing and music that were really enjoyable.

Feel Good Funny Story

Super easy to follow along with and no parts of the play are left out. Songs are beautiful and characters are very likeable. A fairytale like pastoral comedy with a happy ending :) would definitly reccomend!

Wonderful way to experience Shakespeare

I got a copy of the text from the Folger Shakespeare Library and printed it out. (You can also read it online.) Then I listened to this Arkangel audio production and followed along in the text. For the first time, the magic of Shakespeare was revealed. The production of the audio is wonderful. In a theater, it is hard to catch the dialog and just the audio is not enough. I plan to do this with every Shakespeare play. I wish I had discovered this sooner!

Amazing performance

I love all things Shakespeare. This comedy is a refreshing piece from all of the drama and tragedy more commonly associated with his works. The Arkangel production never fails to inspire and mesmerize.

Really good, great music

This really great. The dramatization is excellent and the voices are all well distinguished. Of course it helps a lot to read the text of the play while listening. The songs are also really good. As You Like It has more songs than any other Shakespeare play and here the music is very well done.