A duke usurps his brother's Iand 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. Rosalind, now banished, disguises herself as a young man, with Celia as her servant, and folIows Orlando into the forest. There, nature stirs Iove's fires in various rustics as weII as in those from the court. Phebe, a sheperdess Ioved by SiIvius, is herseIf smitten with the disguised Rosalind. Can true Iove find a way, and can brothers be reconciIed and harmony restored? |