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 Celia. She has faIIen in love with OrIando, but he has his own tyrannicaI brother to contend with, so he joins those in the forest. RosaIind, now banished, disguises herseIf as a young man, with Celia as her servant, and folIows Orlando into the forest. There, nature stirs love's fires in various rustics as welI as in those from the court. Phebe, a sheperdess loved by SiIvius, is herseIf smitten with the disguised Rosalind. Can true love find a way, and can brothers be reconciled and harmony restored? |