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As You Like It

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623.

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Genre
Shakespearean comedy
Characters
Duke Senior (exiled duke) · Duke Frederick (usurping duke) · Rosalind (female romantic lead) · Orlando (male romantic lead) · Jaques
Date
? 1599
Original language
English
Place
? Wilton House
Series
First Folio

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As You Like It

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Edges214
Triples199
Avg. degree1.99
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As You Like It

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related to Internal evidence · 36
As You Like It → According, Astraea, Certain, Cheapside, Cynthia, Deptford, Diana, Eleanor Bull, George Chapman, Hero, However, III, In, It, IV, Leander, London, Marlowe, Marlowe's, Marlowe's Hero
related to External links · 24
As You Like It → April, Archived, AusStageList, David Bevington, Folger Shakespeare LibraryModern, Folio, IMDbLesson, Internet Broadway DatabaseAs You, Internet Off-Broadway Database, It, LibriVoxMaximumEdge, Like It, Love, Motley Theatre Design Group, Project GutenbergAs You Like, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Standard EbooksAs You Like, The Old Vic, Theme, University
related to Film · 22
As You Like It → Although, Barrie, Basil Coleman, BBC, Elisabeth Bergner, England, German, Helen Mirren, Hollywood, Juliet, Laurence Olivier's, Made, Midsummer Night's Dream, Olivier, Orlando, Paul Czinner's, Peter Pan, Romeo, Rosalind, Shakespeare
Characters · 21
As You Like It → Adam (a servant of Old Sir Rowland's), Audrey, Celia, Charles the Wrestler, Corin, Duke Frederick (usurping duke), Duke Senior (exiled duke), Exiled Lords, Pages, Foresters and Attendants, Hymen (a god), Jaques, Lord Amiens, Lords and ladies in Duke Frederick's court, Monsieur Le Beau, Oliver, Orlando (male romantic lead), Phebe, Rosalind (female romantic lead), Silvius, Sir Oliver Martex, Touchstone
related to External evidence · 20
As You Like It → All, Although, August, Ayres, Francis Meres, Globe Theatre, Globe's, II, It, Jaques, London, Palladis Tamia, Register, September, Shakespeare's, Stationers' Company, The, This, Thomas Morley's First Book, Totus
related to history · 16
As You Like It → December, Elizabeth, February, King James, King's Men, Lord Chamberlain's Men, Mary Sidney, Restoration, Richmond Palace, Shrove Tuesday, The, There, Tradition, Two, Wilton House, Wiltshire
related to Other musical work · 11
As You Like It → All, April, Broadway, Danny, John McCullough, Man, Ricky Horscraft, Seven Ages, The, The Seven Doors, Tommy Rot
related to Analysis and criticism · 10
As You Like It → George Bernard Shaw, Harold Bloom, Other, Rosalind, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's, Shaw, Though, Tolstoy, Touchstone's
related to Music and songs · 10
As You Like It → Amiens, Arden, Blow, Duke Senior, Greenwood, It, These, Thomas Morley, Under, What
related to References · 8
As You Like It → Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing, Forgiveness, ISBN, Juliet, Sources Dusinberre, Trespass, William Shakespeare's King Lear

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rosalind play orlando like shakespeare love forest shakespeare's celia jaques arden court duke first production touchstone also ganymede pastoral characters

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
As You Like ItCharactersDuke Senior (exiled duke)1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersDuke Frederick (usurping duke)1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersRosalind (female romantic lead)1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersOrlando (male romantic lead)1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersJaques1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersCelia1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersTouchstone1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersCorin1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersOliver1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersAdam (a servant of Old Sir Rowland's)1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersAudrey1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersWilliam1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersSilvius1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersPhebe1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersMonsieur Le Beau1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersLord Amiens1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersCharles the Wrestler1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersHymen (a god)1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersSir Oliver Martex1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersLords and ladies in Duke Frederick's court1.00infobox
As You Like ItCharactersExiled Lords, Pages, Foresters and Attendants1.00infobox
As You Like ItDate? 15991.00infobox
As You Like ItGenreShakespearean comedy1.00infobox
As You Like ItOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
As You Like ItPlace? Wilton House1.00infobox
As You Like ItSeriesFirst Folio1.00infobox
As You Like ItSettingThe Court of the usurping Duke Frederick; The Forest of Arden1.00infobox
As You Like ItSubjectLove1.00infobox
As You Like ItWritten byWilliam Shakespeare1.00infobox
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