Performances of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ this weekend

GRINNELL — The Grinnell College Department of Theatre and Dance will present Shakespeare’s 1600 romantic comedy “As You Like It” Friday through Sunday in Roberts Theatre in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts at Grinnell College.

Long recognized as the greatest English pastoral play, “As You Like It” sends a group of noble refugees from the pomp of court life out to the pastures and forest of Arden, where the banished Duke and his court make “sweet use of adversity,” and the heroine Rosalind, disguised as a shepherd boy, tries and tests her lover Orlando. Shakespeare builds the play by contrasts and ends it in harmony, as fortunes are restored, the lost are found and four pairs of lovers are married.

Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. for the Friday and Saturday performances and 2 p.m. for the Sunday performance. Ticket information is available at http://web.grinnell.edu/theatre/facilities/box_office.html or by calling (641) 269-4444.