As You Like It
Dates of performance
8 january - 24 febuary 1999
Overview
One of Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedies. A chaotic tale revolving around partnership, love and marriage. As Shakespeare says “And all the men and woman are merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his lifetime plays many parts” (Act 11 Sc viii, 139)
Synopsis
Frederick, father of Celia has usurped the rightful throne of Rosalind, and banished him, together with his faithful followers, to the Forest of Arden.
Orlando sees Rosalind and instantly falls in love with her but when his brother liver plans to kill him he flees with the old family servant, Adam, to the forest. The paranoid Duke Frederick meanwhile banishes Rosalind as well, both girls being friends, disguise themselves (Rosalind as a boy named Ganymede and Celia as the county girl, Aliena) and with the company of the clown Touchstone also seek refuge in the Forest of Arden.
In the forest, romance and suitors abound.
While Duke Senior and his followers philosophise over the melancholic Jacques, Orlando meets a disguised Rosalind, who persuades him to believe that he is really Rosalind, and to court her. Touchstone plans his own romance with Audrey and wins her hand in spite of the advance of the commoner William, and Silvius pursues Phebe with formidable commitment, even in the face of her attentions for the disguised Rosalind.
Eventually true identities are reveald. Rosalind is restored to her father, and marries Orlando. A repentant Oliver is paired off with Celia, and Phebe is won over by the long persistent Silvius. In the final act of reconcnilitaion, Duke Frederick repents restores the dukedom to Rosalind’s father.
Cast List
De Boys Household |
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| OLIVER | Sons of Sir Rowland | PETER BUTLER |
| ROWLAND | Oliver’s youngest brother | WILLIAM PROPHET |
| ORLANDO | Sons of Sir Rowland | PAUL DU TOIT |
| ADAM | Servants to Oliver | JOHN SPRINGETT |
| DENNIS | Servants to Oliver | HUGO THEART |
Court in Situ |
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| DUKE FREDERICK | Living in banishment | ANDRE ROOTHMAN |
| LE BEAU | Courtier attending upon Frederick | JASON RALPH |
| ROSALIND | Daughter to Duke | ANTHEA THOMPSON |
| CECLIA | Daughter of Duke Frederick | NATASHA LAMPROPOULOS |
| CHARLES | Wrestler | ANTON SMUTS |
| TOUCHSTONE | A Clown | JEROEN KRANENBERG |
| LORDS | Attending on Duke Frederick | WILLIAM PROPHET / HUGO THEART |
Court in Exile |
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| DUKE SENIOR | In banishment | ANDRE ROOTHMAN |
| JAQUES | Attending on Duke | BLAISE KOCH |
| AMIENS | Attending on Duke | ADRAIN GALLEY |
| FIRST LORD | IAN BRUCE | |
| 2nd LORD | ANTON SMUTS | |
Inhabitants of Arden |
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| CORIN | Shepard | FAHRUG VALLEY-OMAR |
| SYLVIUS | Shepard | JASON RALPH |
| PHEBE | Shepardess | LEANNA DREYER |
| AUDREY | Nazli George | |
| SIR OLIVER MARYEXT | A Vicar | JOHN SPRINGETT |
| WIILIAM | Suitor to Audrey | ANTON SMUTS |
Creative List
| DIRECTOR | KEITH GRANVILLE |
| PRODUCTION MANAGER | MARIUS GOLDING |
| STAGE MANAGER | JUANITA VAN WYK |
| ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER | ROCHELLE DE VILLIERS |
| STAGE HANDS | SIZWE FEBANA AYANDA MPONO |
| PROJECT MANAGER | BRIAN HEYDENRYCH |
| F.O.H MANAGER | DERICK DE KOCK |
| SET AND COSTUME DESIGN | MICHAEL MITCHELL |
| MUSIC | GRAHAM WEIR |
| SOUND DESIGN | ROBIN SHUTTLEWORTH |
| SOUND OPERATOR | ROBIN STOLLE |
| LIGHTING DESIGN | MALCOLM HURRELL |
| LIGHTING OPERATOR | JUANITA VAN WYK |
| WRESTLING CHOREOGRAPHY | SHAUN KOEN - AFRICAN WRESTLING FEDERATION |
| AEROBICS CHOREOGRAPHY | IVANA BUCHANAN - REGIONAL AEROBICS MANAGER |
| COSTUME CO ORDINATOR | ANN HOLMES |
| WARDROBE & WIGS | JEROME JONAS |
| POSTER DESIGN | MICHAEL MITCHELL |
| MARKETING & PUBLICITY | CAPITAL CAPE |
