Arden Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare The Arden Shakespeare is a long-running series of scholarly editions of the works of William Shakespeare. It presents fully edited modern-spelling editions of the plays and poems, with lengthy introductions and full commentaries. There have been three distinct series of the Arden Shakespeare over the past century, and the third series has not yet been completed. Arden was the maiden name of Shakespeare's mother, Mary, but the primary reference of the enterprise's title is named after the Forest of Arden, in which Shakespeare's "As You Like It" is set. The first series was published by Methuen. Its first
Orlando (As You Like It) usurped Duke Senior and is eventually united in marriage with Duke Senior's daughter, Rosalind. Actor Laurence Olivier played the character in a 1936 film with Elizabeth Bergner opposite him as Rosalind. Orlando (As You Like It) Orlando is a fictional character and the male lead in the comedy "As You Like It" (1599/1600) by William Shakespeare. Orlando is the younger son of the deceased Sir Rowland de Boys and brother of Oliver. He is brave, chivalrous, tender, modest, smart, strong, handsome and beloved by all. He resents the harsh treatment he receives at Oliver's hands and complains that Oliver is