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As You Like It by William Shakespeare wasn't as satisfying as I thought it would be. It started out in good form, similar to Much Ado About Nothing, my favorite Shakespearean play thus far, but then quickly fell flat for me. I thought it would be a little more about the Duke getting banished, but really this was just a side note for the various romances going on. I did enjoy the Rosalind dressing like a man and fooling her lover, as well as the wit and match making she did throughout the play. I looked forward to the ending with everyone being surprised with the unveiling, but there was hardly any climax compared to the build-up of the plot. Of course, once again, this could be attributed to the fact that we should not be reading Shakespeare, but viewing it, as it was intended and perhaps I could fall in love with the characters a bit more. Touchstone was a fine sideline as a fool and even though I had a hard time understanding all of his banter and references, after doing research and finding some understanding in his words, he was quite enjoyable. But my favorite part of the play was the epilogue, where Rosalind states the obvious when she asks, "Was this a good play? Probably not, but clap for me anyway!" And then makes a reference to the fact if she weren't a man, she'd be hitting on he men in the audience. (All characters back in the day were played by men.) Which is funny, I think, a man, pretending to be a woman that's pretending to be a man. Talk about an identity crisis.

I saw a very bad version of the play on Netflix. It was somewhat modernized but bad acting and no scenery made it most boring and tedious to get through. If anyone has any recommendations on a good movie adaptation of this play, I'm all for it. In any case, it was a decent play, but not one of Shakespeare's best. But now I know which play the saying "All the world's a stage" comes from, so in that, I feel like I've gotten something out of it.