As You Like It: Staged: the origins of YAs greatest tropes
English
By (author): William Shakespeare
With a foreword by Talia Hibbert, author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown
We that are true lovers run into strange capers
Banished from her ambitious uncles court, the lovesick Rosalind flees to the forest with her cousin, Celia. Disguised as the handsome shepherd Ganymede and simple shepherdess Aliena, the two soon meet the dashing Orlando forced into hiding by a plot against his life, heartbroken at the separation from his beloved Rosalind.
Fooled by Rosalinds disguise, Orlando grows close to Ganymede. But Phoebe, a local shepherdess, also has her eye on Ganymede. As their hopes and dreams entangle, can everyone get what they want?
As You Like It is Shakespeares brilliant gender swapping, fake dating classic comedy of errors.
Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeares unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.
Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:
Hamlet With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Macbeth With a foreword by Kat Delacorte
A Midsummer Nights Dream With a foreword by Becky Albertalli
Much Ado About Nothing With a foreword by Holly Bourne
Romeo and Juliet With a foreword by Jennifer Niven