Title page AS YOU LIKE IT. A COMEDY, by SHAKESPEARE, AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Regulated from the PROMPT-BOOK, With PERMISSION of the MANAGERS, By Mr. HOPKINS, Prompter. An INTRODUCTION, and NOTES Critical and Illustrative, ARE ADDED BY THE AUTHORS of the DRAMATIC CENSOR. LONDON: Printed for JOHN BELL, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand and C. ETHERINGTON, at York. MDCCLXXIII.

INTRODUCTION.

AS YOU LIKE IT.

There is, in this piece, a strong tincture of romance; but the delicate pastoral beauties, the delightfully instructive sentiments, the poignant satire, the luxuriant fancy, and the pleasurable incidents, which frequently occur, joined with a great variety of character, render it exceedingly entertaining, either in public or private. Rosalind is as high finished, as spirited, and as agreeable a character, as any in the drama, with the additional recommendation of peculiar originality; the other personages, particularly Touchstone, are adequately drawn.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Lords belonging to the two Dukes, Foresters, and other Attendants.

Drury-Lane.	Covent-Garden.
Duke,	Mr. Hurst.	Mr. Hull.
Frederick,	Mr. Bransby.	Mr. Gardner.
Amiens,	Mr. Vernon.	Mr. Mattocks.
Jaques,	Mr. Love.	Mr. Clarke.
Le Beu, [Le Beau]	Mr. Ackman.	Mr. Davis.
Oliver,	Mr. Packer.	Mr. Perry.
Jaques de Bois,	Mr. Fawcett.
Orlando,	Mr. Brereton.	Mr. Smith.
Adam,	Mr. Moody.	Mr. Gibson.
Dennis,	Mr. Watkins.	Mr. Holtom.
Charles,	Mr. Keen.	Mr. Morris.
Touchstone,	Mr. King.	Mr. Shuter.
Corin,	Mr. Hartry.	Mr. Dunstall.
Silvius,	Mr. Wheeler.	Mr. R. Smith.
William,	Mr. Messink.	Mr. Quick.
Rosalind,	Mrs. Barry.	Miss Macklin.
Celia,	Miss Rogers.	Mrs. Baker.
Phœbe, [Phebe]	Mrs. Davies.	Miss Pearce.
Audrey,	Mrs. Bradshaw.	Mrs. Pitt.

The SCENE lies first near Oliver's House, and afterwards partly in the Duke's Court, and partly in the Forest of Arden.

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