As You Like It
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Minor parts, including in Henry IV Part 1 and As You Like It, preceded a meatier role as Alan Downie in the 1983 production of Slab Boys, with Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
He sets "As You Like It" in a rehearsal room, where the actors reminisce about a show from their distant youth.
From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2023
Audiences will see the stage set as a rehearsal room, with performers sharing memories of a long-gone production of As You Like It, scripts in hand.
From BBC • May 11, 2023
As You Like It A young woman banished from court goes on the lam disguised as a man in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2019
"I've heard it said that's why Will Kempe left the company. They say he made off with the book of As You Like It, and sold it to a touring company in Leicester."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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