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#AsYou2026 Day 8, 6/17- Act II s4
Loc. The forest.
ROSALIND.
O Jupiter, how merry are my spirits!"
Influenced by Robert Earl of Huntingdon's play from year before, Shakespeare sees Arden as Sherwood Forest.
“...contrasting the natural order of the forest to the flatter and envy of the court. As in the Robin Hood story, the wished-for conclusion is the restoration of the right ruler.” #AsYou2026
Influenced by Robert Earl of Huntingdon's play from year before, Shakespeare sees Arden as Sherwood Forest.
“...contrasting the natural order of the forest to the flatter and envy of the court. As in the Robin Hood story, the wished-for conclusion is the restoration of the right ruler.” #AsYou2026
A wind had cleared the mist, the autumn leaves were rustling and the stars were shining. With all that money in his pocket an impulse to 'see life' beset him....
P1C9 #Forsytesaga26 In Chancery #Galsworthy understands young, privileged Val.
I am pleasantly surprised by this play- the utopian forest, the filial and fraternal connections, the 2 runaway girls!
I'm enjoying it more than expected! And thinking of Virginia Woolf who adored Shakespeare's works...especially a play with a character named Orlando.
“Ay, now am I in Arden; the more fool I; when I was at home, I was in a better place; but travellers must be content.”
#asyou2026
Hope you're enjoying so far- I am! Rosalind and her cousin are off on an adventure!
Do you remember a children's book with a blonde heroine in U.S. frontier-times, who dressed up as a boy to trick a highwayman & to save her family? One of my favorite stories as a kid.
