As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
This production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on 8 September 1977. It was directed by Trevor Nunn, with John Caird assisting but when the production moved to the Aldwych Theatre in London with a considerable change of cast, Caird graduated to ‘with’ status.
For the Stratford production only, the play opened with an operatic ‘masque’ scene, composed by Stephen Oliver, featuring the characters of Fortune, Nature and Hymen. This was cut for the Aldwych revival.
The London revival was the first time Nunn and Caird worked in tandem on a production, their next proper co-productions being Merry Wives of Windsor in 1979 and Nicholas Nickleby in 1980.
Stratford — Creative Team
| Director | Trevor Nunn with John Caird |
| Designer | John Napier |
| Lighting | John Watts |
| Music | Stephen Oliver |
| Musical Staging | Gillian Lynne |
| Fight arranging | Peter Woodward |
Stratford — Cast
| Fortune | Ann Holloway |
| Nature | Michael Bulman |
| Hymen | Michael Follis |
| Hymen’s Attendants | Jill Baker, Roberta Taylor |
| Oliver, *oldest son of Sir Roland de Boyes* | Charles Dance |
| Orlando, *his younger brother* | Peter McEnery |
| Jaques de Boyes, *his youngest brother* | Billie Brown |
| Old Adam | Jeffery Dench |
| Dennis | Michael Bertenshaw |
| Duke Frederick | John Rhys-Davies |
| Celia, *his daughter* | Judith Paris |
| Rosalind, *his niece* | Kate Nelligan |
| Touchstone | Alan David |
| Le Beau | Graham Crowden |
| Charles | Jack Klaff |
| Lords | Dominic Jephcott, Roy Purcell |
| Court Ladies | Jill Baker, Roberta Tayler |
| Bodyguards & Attendants | Michael Bertenshaw, Bille Brown, Pat Connell, David Shaw-Parker |
| Duke Senior, *father to Rosalind* | Oliver Ford-Davies |
| Forest Lord | Morris Perry |
| Amiens | Michael Bulman |
| Jaques | Emrys James |
| Foresters | Dominic Jephcott, Roy Purcell |
| Corin | Edwin Richfield |
| Audrey | Ann Holloway |
| Silvius | Ian Gelder |
| Phebe | Lynsey Baxter |
| Sir Oliver Martext | Paul Imbusch |
| William | David Shaw-Parker |
| Rustic Girls | Jill Baker, Roberta Taylor |
| Pages | Andrew Coonan, Alberto Fernandez, Owen James, William James |
| When this production toured to the Theatre Royal in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in February 1978, the part of Silvius was played by Dominic Jephcott. | |
| David Hobbs played the roles that had been played by Dominic Jephcott. | |
At the Aldwych — Creative Team
| Director | Trevor Nunn with John Caird |
| Designer | John Napier |
| Design Associates | Quentin Thomas & Gemma Jackson |
| Lighting | Stewart Leviton |
| Music | Stephen Oliver |
| Musical Staging | Gillian Lynne |
| Fight Arranging | B.H Barry |
At the Aldwych — Cast
| Oliver, *oldest son of Sir Roland de Boyes* | Charles Dance |
| Orlando, *his younger brother* | James Laurenson |
| Jaques de Boyes, *his youngest brother | * Iain Mitchell |
| Old Adam | Jeffery Dench |
| Dennis | Roger Martin |
| Duke Frederick | John Burgess |
| Celia, *his daughter* | Cherie Lunghi |
| Rosalind, *his niece* | Charlotte Cornwell |
| Touchstone | Alan David |
| Le Beau | Paul Imbusch |
| Charles | Jeffrey Kissoon |
| Lords | Omar Ebrahim, Rory Edwards, Mike Hall, Roger Martin, Ian McNeice, Peter Tullo |
| Duke Senior, *father to Rosalind* | Oliver Ford-Davies |
| Forest Lord | Mike Hall |
| Amiens | Michael Bulman |
| Jaques | Emrys James |
| Foresters | Omar Ebrahim, Rory Edwards, Roger Martin, Peter Tullo |
| Corin | Edwin Richfield |
| Audrey | Ann Holloway |
| Silvius | Peter Clough |
| Phoebe | Jane Carr |
| Sir Oliver Martext | Paul Imbusch |
| William | Ian McNeice |
| Rustic Girl | Deirdra Morris |
| Pages | Paul Ellison, Christopher Fitz-Gibbon, Simon Henderson, William Smoker |
| Hymen | Omar Ebrahim |