William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling

By Cliff Cardinal

The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please all tastes. But is that possible? With his subversive updating of the Bard’s classic, Indigenous creator and cultural provocateur Cliff Cardinal seeks to find out. The show exults in bawdy humour, difficult subject matter, and raw emotion; Cardinal is not one to hold back when it comes to challenging delicate sensibilities.

About Playwright(s)

Cast Information

Cultural background of characters

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The original playwright incorporated region specific insults to the crowd during most of his performances, such as “By the way, congratulations on the Apartheid” at the Berkshine Hills Country Club (a private golf club where a lot of rich white people hang out)

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Production and Publication

First produced

2021, Crow's Theatre, Toronto

Publication year

2022

Published by

Playwrights Canada Press

ISBN

9780369103970

Now referred to as "The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It".

Now referred to as "The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It".

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