Actor and director David Ivers presents As You Like It, as you'd like
to hear it today. Presenting a new translation of Shakespeare into
contemporary English, Ivers reimagines Shakespeare's comedy from an
actor's point of view. Analyzing the play line by line to uncover the
meaning of every joke, pun, and witty aside, Ivers repurposes
Shakespeare's language while maintaining an homage to the original
rhythm, cadence, and structure. An accomplished actor and director, and
a lifelong lover of the Bard, Ivers is the perfect writer to bring As
You Like It into the present moment.
This translation of As You Like It was written as part of the Play On!
Shakespeare project, an ambitious undertaking from the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival that commissioned new translations of 39
Shakespeare plays. These translations present the Bard's work in
language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of
Shakespeare's verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of
contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse
backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first
century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in
print--a new First Folio for a new era.