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As You Like It (1907, Herbert Beerbohm Tree)

TitleAs You Like It
Year1907
Theater CompanyHerbert Beerbohm Tree
Theaters
Release LocationsUK
Start Date1907-10-07
End Date1908-01-03
LanguagesEnglish
Play ConnectionsAs You Like It (performance)
Media Collections

Description

At His Majesty's Theatre in 1907, under the direction of Oscar Asche, two thousand pots of ferns and cartloads of leaves were imported weekly to create the aura of a real forest.

David Bevington — Added 2011-08-08

Cast Overview

Banished DukeH. R. Hignett
RosalindLily Brayton
Duke FrederickG. Kay Souper
CeliaMuriel Ashwynne
OliverR. Ian Penny
Jaques de BoysJ. Fritz Russell
OrlandoHenry Ainley
Old AdamAlfred Brydone
Le BeauH. Tripp Edgar
CharlesHerbert H. Herbert
TouchstoneCourtice Pounds
AmiensErnest Groom
JaquesOscar Asche
CorinCaleb Porter
SilviusGodfrey Tearle
PhebeLeila Norris
PhebeConstance Robertson
WilliamR. F. Anson
AudreyMarianne Caldwell
Sir Oliver MartextHenry Kitts
1st LordJ. Fisher White

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorOscar Asche
Costume DesignerPercy Anderson
ChoreographerElise Clerc
ProprietorHerbert Beerbohm Tree

Company Overview

Theater Company Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Production information courtesy of: Performance Chronicle Gatekeeper [website]