As You Like It (1936 film)

As You Like It is a 1936 British film, directed by Paul Czinner and starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. It is based on William Shakespeares play of the same name. It was Oliviers first performance of Shakespeare on screen.

Duke Frederick Felix Aylmer has usurped and deposed his older brother, Duke Senior Henry Ainley. Frederick allows the exiled Dukes daughter, Rosalind Elisabeth Bergner, however, to stay, as she is the closest friend of his daughter, Celia Sophie Stewart. Orlando Laurence Olivier, who has been forced to flee his home due to the oppression from his brother, Oliver John Laurie, comes to the Fredericks Duchy, and enters a wrestling tournament. On leaving the Duchy, Orlando encounters Rosalind, and it is love at first sight. Frederick then becomes angry, and banishes Rosalind. Celia decides to accompany her, along with a jester, Touchstone Mackenzie Ward.Rosalind and Celia disguise themselves as Ganymede, a boy, and Aliena, respectively, and venture into the Forest of Arden, where they eventually encounter the exiled Duke. Orlando, deeply in love, posts love poems on the trees in praise of Rosalind. Orlando comes across Ganymede, who tells him he can teach Orlando how to cure love by pretending to be Rosalind. At the same time, Phoebe Joan White, a shepherdess, falls in love with Ganymede, though he she continually rejects her. Sylvius Richard Ainley, a shepherd, is in love with Phoebe, which complicates the matter. Meanwhile, Touchstone attempts to marry the simple farmgirl, Audrey Dorice Fordred, before he can be stopped by Jaques Leon Quartermaine, a Lord who lives with the exiled Duke. ........

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