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As You Like It (2002)

By William Shakespeare

Director Rachel Kavanaugh returned to the Open Air Theatre once again in 2002 for the production of As You Like It, deemed a production that brought both 'punch and pathos' (Evening Standard). With a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch (Orlando) and Rebecca Johnson (Rosalind), the play features one of Shakespeare's most famous and often quoted speeches, "All the world's a stage".
As You Like It (2002)
Photo: Alastair Muir

The cast

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Guy Vincent

Charles, a wrestler and 2nd Lord

Adam Levy

Oliver, son of Sir Rowland de Boys

Michael Medwin

Adam, servant to Oliver

Harry Peacock

Dennis, servant to Oliver and William

Alicia Davies

Hysperia, Celia’s gentlewoman

John Conroy

Duke Senior, banished in the Forest of Arden

Ben Goddard

Amiens, Lord attending on Duke Senior

Christopher Godwin

Jaques, Lord attending on Duke Senior

Dominic Marsh

1st Lord, Lord attending on Duke Senior

Timothy Kightley

Corin, shepherd in the Forest of Arden

Alan Westaway

Silvius, shepherd in the Forest of Arden

Laura Main

Phebe, a shepherdess

Abigail Langham

Audrey, a goat-herd

Creative team

Designer

Francis O’Connor

Composer

Terry Davis

Choreographer

Lisa Kent

Lighting Designer

Jason Taylor

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Sound Designer

Simon Whitehorn

Sound Designer

Emma Laxton

Voice Coach

Mel Churcher

Dialect Coach

Charmian Hoare

Assistant Director

Ross Ashcroft

Programmes and Marketing

Sets

Rehearsals

Misc Images

Reviews

Evening Standard

"Rachel Kavanaugh has proved once again that she can whip up a Shakespeare text with the lightness and wit of a glass of champagne."

Sunday Telegraph

"An excellent production....and an enchanting one."

Daily Telegraph

"...a touching, beautifully played revival of Shakespeare's breeziest comedy."

Time Out

"Kavanaugh's stylish romp...makes for a giddying mix...entirely suitable for one of the bard's more problematic comedies."