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Disguised as a boy, Rosalind (Emma Croft) escapes from the plotting and whispering at the court of the Duke to the Forest of Arden, the urban wasteland where the exiled good Duke lives with his court of drop-outs by camp fires and in polythene tents. In this wilderness, where no-one is quite what they appear and everything is a reflection of something else, Rosalind can witness and test Orlandos love.
The ironic commentary by Jacques (James Fox) and the comical antics of Touchstone (Griff Rhys Jones) act as a counterpoint to the central story of true love tested and triumphant. Shakespeares comedy, written 400 years ago, is as modern as ever in this superb new adaptation in the original language.