As You Like It

By William Shakespeare

This RSC production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on the 7th September 1989.  Ultz’s designs were based on Caird’s Swedish production that played at Klarateatern in Stockholm in 1984.

The production played in repertoire for the rest of the Stratford season and transferred to the Barbican Theatre in London, where it opened on 11th April 1990.

CREATIVE TEAM

Directed by John Caird
Designed by Ultz
Lighting by Alan Burrett
Music by Ilona Sekacz
Fight Director – Jannica Svärd
Choreography by Matthew Bourne
Sound by Charles Horne
Dialect Coach – Penny Dyer
Company Voice Work – Cicely Berry, Andrew Wade, Patsy Rodenburg
Music Director – Michael Tubbs/John Woolf
Assistant Director – Ruth Garnault
Design Assistant – Jill Jowett

Stage Manager – Maggie MacKay
Deputy Stage Manager – Ian Barber
Assistant Stage Manager – Lindah Balfour

Stratford CAST

THE DE BOYS HOUSEHOLD

Oliver, oldest son of Sir Roland de Boys – Howard Ward
Orlando, his younger brother – Jerome Flynn
Jaques de Boyes, his youngest brother - Jason Fleming
Old Adam – Eric Francis
Dennis – Adrian Hilton

THE COURT

Duke Frederick – Clifford Rose
Celia, his daughter – Gillian Bevan
Rosalind, his niece - Sophie Thompson
Touchstone – Mark Williams
Le Beau – Hugh Ross
Charles – Andrew Tansey

THE FOREST

Duke Senior, father to Rosalind – Clifford Rose
Amiens – Craig Pinder
Jaques – Hugh Ross
Foresters – Simon D’Arcy, Jason Flemyng, Andrew Hesker, Adrian Hilton,
 Maxwell Hutcheon, David Joyce

Corin – George Malpas
Audrey – Joanna Mays
Silvius – Alan Cumming
Phoebe – Cassie Stuart
Sir Oliver Martext – Andrew Hesker
William – Andrew Tansey

Goatgirls – Judith Brydon, Clara Onyemere, Alison Ruffelle
Pages – Charlene O’Dowd, Louise Potter, Charlotte Potts, Minna Zouhou,
Paul Brookes, Andrew Kwan, Robert Langley, Ray Lawley

Hymen – Andrew Tansey

Musicians

Flute – Ian Reynolds
Violin – Richard Springate
Accordion – Jane Sebba
Clarinet – Edward Watson
Double Bass – John Smith
Percussion – Peter Hall/James Jones
Keyboards – John Woolf

Barbican Cast

THE DE BOYS HOUSEHOLD

Oliver, oldest son of Sir Roland de Boys – Howard Ward
Orlando, his younger brother – Jerome Flynn
Jaques de Boyes, his youngest brother - Jason Fleming
Old Adam – Eric Francis
Dennis – Adrian Hilton

THE COURT

Duke Frederick – Clifford Rose
Celia, his daughter – Gillian Bevan
Rosalind, his niece - Sophie Thompson
Touchstone – Mark Williams
Le Beau – Hugh Ross
Charles – Andrew Tansey

THE FOREST

Duke Senior, father to Rosalind – Clifford Rose
Amiens – Craig Pinder
Jaques – Hugh Ross
Foresters – Simon D’Arcy, Jason Flemyng, Andrew Hesker, Adrian Hilton,
 Maxwell Hutcheon, David Joyce

Corin – George Malpas
Audrey – Joanna Mays
Silvius – Alan Cumming
Phoebe – Cassie Stuart
Sir Oliver Martext – Andrew Hesker
William – Andrew Tansey

Goatgirls – Lucy Ellis, Alison Ruffelle, 
Pages – Belinda Baldwin, Louisa Baldwin, Josefa Caetano da Rocha, Gethin Davies, Jonathan Freedman, Andrew Funnell, Oliver Gold, Neil Saglani, Amit Shah, Candida Vaz

Hymen – Andrew Tansey

Musicians

Flute – Ian Reynolds
Violin – Richard Springate
Accordion – Jane Sebba
Clarinet – Edward Watson
Double Bass – John Smith
Percussion – Peter Hall/James Jones
Keyboards – John Woolf