As You Like It geographical details are irrelevant. The Arden edition of Shakespeare makes the suggestion that the name "Arden" comes from a combination of the classical region of Arcadia and the biblical garden of Eden, as there is a strong interplay of classical and Christian belief systems and philosophies within the play. Arden was also the maiden name of Shakespeare's mother and her family home is located within the Forest of Arden. Love is the central theme of "As You Like It", like other romantic comedies of Shakespeare. Following the tradition of a romantic comedy, "As You Like It" is a tale of
Mother Mary Louis Mary Louis was a woman who exhibited great vision, strength, courage, wisdom and, most of all, faith. Mother Mary Louis was born Mary Ann Crummey in 1848 in the then Village of Flushing in Queens County, NY. Upon the death of her mother in 1860, Mary Ann, along with her younger sister, Ellie, was entrusted to the care of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Joseph’s Convent on Main Street and Kissena Blvd in Flushing. Mary Ann went on to attend the Academy of St. Joseph,the Sisters of St. Joseph's private boarding school then located on