Free As You Like It by William Shakespeare

from the Welsh/Russian co-productions, The Animated Tales of Shakespeare series (1992, DVD 2004). One of twelve plays adapted by Leon Garfield for this award-winning series. Oil painting on film cells is a device that creates a magical Forest of Arden, with Rosalind voiced by Sylvestra le Touzel.
    As You Like It
, directed by Christine Edzard (DVD 1992). Unconventional modern-dress version in the gritty setting of London’s Docklands. Many critics felt the disjunction from the play’s pastoral language was too great, despite interesting individual performances.
    As You Like It
, directed by Kenneth Branagh (DVD 2008). Set in Japan in the late nineteenth century, it opens with Duke Frederick’s violent usurpation of his brother (both roles played by Brian Blessed) with a glance to Kurosawa’s
Throne of Blood
. The rest of the film is an all-singing, all-dancing romp. Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind was nominated for a Golden Globe award, but the film did not win general critical favor.

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