Productions of As You Like It:

1890. As You Like It with Lily Langtry as Rosalind opened at the St. James's Theatre (London) on February 24 and ran until April 30. The principal players were Henry Arncliffe and Arthur Bourchier as Jaques, Laurence Cautley as Orlando, Charles Sugden as Touchstone, Charles Fulton as the Duke, Amy McNeil as Celia, and Marion Lea as Audrey (Wearing, 1890-99, I, 13).

1890. Henry Irving leased the theatre and Richard Dorney as acting manager presented As You Like It at the Lyceum Theatre (London). The play ran from July 15 to August 4, 1890, for a total of 21 performances. The players were John Drew as Orlando, Ada Rehan as Rosalind, James Lewis as Touchstone, Charles Wheatleigh as the Duke, William Sampson as Jaques, Isabel Irving as Audrey, and Adelaide Prince as Celia.

1891. Mrs. Patrick Campbell played Rosalind in a matinee performance of As You Like It at the Shaftesbury Theatre (London) on June 18. Others in the cast were Frank Worthing as Orlando, Ben Greet as Touchstone, Violet Raye as Celia, and Alexes Leighton as Audrey (Wearing,1890-99, I, 136).1891. Henry Irving's As You Like It opened on November 3 at the Lyceum Theatre (London) and ran until November 12. Ada Rehan played Rosalind and John Drew Orlando. The rest of the cast included James Lewis as Touchstone, George Clarke and Ralph Nisbet as Jacques, Adelaide Prince as Celia, and Isabel Irving as Audrey (Wearing, 1890-99, I, 164).

1894. Leonard Outram's production of As You Like It at the Prince of Wales's Theatre (London) must of have been a bit of a novelty: the entire cast was female. Ada Ferrar played Orlando, Naomi Hope Jacques, Frances Ivor Rosalind, Gladys Ffolliott the wrestler, and Sophie Larkin Touchstone. This production played from February 27 to March 14 (Wearing, 1890-99, I, 379-80).

1894. Augustin Daly mounted a more traditional As You Like It on April 30 at Daly's Theatre (London). John Craig appeared as Orlando, Ada Rehan as Rosalind, George Clarke and Lloyd Lowndes as Jacques, James Lewis as Touchstone, and Sybil Carlisle as Celia. The play ran for eight performances (Wearing, 1890-99, I, 390-1).

1896. George Alexander mounted a production of As You Like It that ran for 115 performances; the play opened on December 2, 1896, at the St. James's Theatre (London) and closed on March 20, 1897. The principle players were Julia Neilson as Rosalind, George Alexander as Orlando, W. H. Vernon and H. H. Vincent as Jaques, Henry V. Esmond as Touchstone, Kate Phillips as Audrey, Fay Davis as Celia, and H. B. Irving (the son of Henry Irving) as Oliver (Wearing, 1890-99, I, 614).

1900. Ben Greet played Touchstone, A. S. Homewood Orlando, and Edith Wynne Matthison Rosalind in three matinee performances of As You Like it at the Comedy Theatre (London) in February (Wearing, 1900-09, I, 8).

1900. On April 23 Frank Benson and his company began the annual Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon. Among the players were Marion Terry as Rosalind in As You Like it and John Coleman as Pericles. The company also performed Othello, Macbeth, and The Merchant of Venice (Loney, I, 3)

1900. Alfred B. Cross played Orlando in a production of As You Like It at the Court Theatre (London) in November. Jaques was played by Norman Forbes, Touchstone by Harry Paulton, and Rosalind by Constance Stuart (Wearing, 1900-09, I, 57).

1901. Frank Benson's company gave ten performances of As You Like It at the Comedy Theatre (London); the play ran from February 27 to March 11 and Benson played Orlando. The cast also included Constance as Rosalind, George R. Weir as Touchstone, and Henry Ainley ar Jaques (Wearing, 1901-9, I, 78).

1904. April 18 marked Frank Benson's opening of the Stratford season with The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, and As You Like It, as well as eleven more of Shakespeare's plays. The festival lasted for three weeks this time rather than the usual two (Loney, I, 22).

1907. On March 4 Ben Greet's company returned to New York City's Garden Theatre. The plays in repertory included Macbeth, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Merchant of Venice. Among Greet's players were Sybil Thorndyke, Julia Perkins, and Sidney Greenstreet (Loney, i, 37).

1909. Gerald Lawrence and Fay Davis open their Shakespeare season on April 12 at the Royal Court Theatre, London. The plays included As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and Twelfth Night (Loney, I, 49).

1910. Starting on February 7, E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe play for six weeks at the Academy of Music, New York City. Included in the repertory are Hamlet, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and Twelfth Night (Loney, I, 53).

1910. At the first Stratford-upon-Avon Summer Shakespeare Festival, Benson presented The Winter's Tale, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Henry V, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Richard II, Hamlet, and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Loney, I, 54).

1910. On December 5 E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe opened a season of Shakespearean repertory at the Broadway Theatre, New York City. Among the plays were Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and As You Like It (Loney, I, 54).

1911. On April 17 the annual Stratford Shakespeare Festival opened with The Merry Wives of Windsor. This year Frank Benson also offered The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Richard III (Loney, I, 158).

1911. On May 11 As You Like It opened at London's New Theatre with Phyllis Nielson-Terry as Rosalind (Loney, I, 158).

1911. The London Shakespeare Festival opened on May 22 at His Majesty's Theatre with Herbert Beerbohm Tree's Julius Caesar, followed by Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton's As You Like It. Next came The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. Frank Benson presented The Taming of the Shrew, Tree revived his Henry VIII, and the Festival closed with Benson's Richard III and on July 3, the final night, the Merry Wives of Windsor (Loney, I, 158).

1911. E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe opened their season at the Broadway Theatre, New York City. In the repertory were Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night. They returned on November 20 and added As You Like it to the list (Loney, I, 158).

1911. On July 22 Stratford's second summer season began; this is the year that Baliol Holloway debuted with the Bensonians. The plays performed are A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry V, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and the Tempest (Loney, I, 159).

1913. Frank Benson opened the Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Festival with Richard II; the troupe also performed Henry IV, Part 2, Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Hamlet this season. Added attractions were William Poel's production of Troilus and Cressida, with Edith Evans and Hermione Gingold, as well as Poel himself as the performers, and a presentation of Henry V by the students of Stratford's King Edward VI Grammar School (Loney, I, 68).

1913. Frank Benson's summer season of Shakespeare's plays opened on August 2 with The Merchant of Venice; other plays performed that season were As You Like It, Hamlet, King John, Richard II, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, and Henry IV, Part 2 (Loney, I, 68).

1914. On March 16 at the Hudson Theatre, New York City, Margaret Anglin began a run of Shakespeare plays; she directed and played in As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Taming of the Shrew (Loney, I, 72).

1914. Another annual Stratford Shakespeare Festival opened with A Midsummer Night's Dream; Frank Benson's company was still on tour in the United States, so Patrick Kirwan directed this year's offerings: Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, As You Like It, and The Merchant of Venice (Loney, I, 72). 1914. Frank Benson returned from the United States to direct the Stratford Summer Festival. He opened the four-week festval with Much Ado About Nothing. The company also presented Hamlet, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, and Romeo and Juliet (Loney, I, 73).