Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park

Synopsis

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players"

When Rosalind's father, the Duke Senior, is usurped by his younger brother Fredrick, he is banished and flees to the Forest of Arden. Rosalind is quickly banished as well. Disguised as a young man, Ganymede, with her cousin Celia, Fredrick's only daughter, disguised as Aliena, they follow the banished Duke, Rosalind's father, with the help of the court fool Touchstone. Along the way they meet Orlando, who has fallen in love with Rosalind at court, while the shepherdess Phebe has fallen in love with Ganymede (Rosalind in disguise), dashing the hopes of Silvius, who is in love with Phebe. In the mean time more lovers join the confusion as Oliver falls for Aliena, Touchstone for Audrey, who also finds herself pursued by the shepherd, William.