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Introduction
PRODUCTION
Context
Elizabethan Theatre
Boy Players
Religion in Elizabethan England
Women in Elizabethan Society
Literary Influences
Seven Ages of Shakespeare


THE PLAY
Synopsis
Structure
Performance History
Pastoral Comedy
Meta Theatre
Shakespeare's Crossed Dressed Heroine
Themes
Escape
Language
Character List
Main Characters
Interview with Samuel West
Workshop Plans


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Character List

Duke Senior        
banished to the Forest of Arden
Duke Frederick  Duke Senior’s brother and usurper
Amiens   attending Lord
Jaques    attending Lord
Oliver  de Boys eldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Jaques de Boys second son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Orlando de Boys younger son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Le Beau courtier attending on Duke Frederick
Charles   a wrestler at court
Adam old servant to Sir Rowland
Dennis   servant to Oliver
Touchstone  a clown
Sir Oliver Martext    a country curate
Corin and Silvius  shepherds
William  a country fellow
Heymen god of marriage
Rosalind daughter of Duke Senior
Celia  daughter of Duke Frederick
Phebe a shepherdess
Audrey  a country wench

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