As You Like IT - Characters

Characters

The Court of Duke Frederick:

  • Duke Frederick, Duke Senior's younger brother and his usurper, also Celia's father
  • Rosalind, Duke Senior's daughter
  • Celia, Duke Frederick's daughter and Rosalind's cousin
  • Touchstone, a court fool
  • Le Beau, a courtier
  • Charles, a wrestler

The Exiled Court of Duke Senior in the Forest of Arden:

  • Duke Senior, Duke Frederick's older brother and Rosalind's father
  • Jaques, a discontented, melancholic lord
  • Amiens, an attending lord and musician

The Household of the deceased Sir Rowland de Bois:

  • Oliver de Bois, the eldest son and heir
  • Jacques de Bois, the second youngest son.
  • Orlando de Bois, youngest son.
  • Adam, a faithful old servant who follows Orlando into exile
  • Dennis, Oliver's servant

Country folk in the Forest of Arden:

  • Phebe, a proud shepherdess
  • Silvius, a shepherd
  • Audrey, a country girl
  • Corin, an elderly shepherd
  • William, a country man
  • Sir Oliver Martext, a curate

Other characters:

  • Lords and ladies in Duke Frederick's court
  • Lords in Duke Senior's forest court
  • Pages and musicians
  • Hymen, a character appearing in a play-within-the-play; God of marriage, as appearing in a masque

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