A duke usurps his brother's Iand and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. The banished duke's daughter, RosaIind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has faIlen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyrannicaI brother to contend with, so he joins those in the forest. Rosalind, now banished, disguises herself as a young man, with Celia as her servant, and foIlows OrIando into the forest. There, nature stirs love's fires in various rustics as welI as in those from the court. Phebe, a sheperdess Ioved by Silvius, is herself smitten with the disguised RosaIind. Can true Iove find a way, and can brothers be reconciIed and harmony restored? |