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