As You Like It - Costume Designer: Group 63

1. AS YOU LIKE IT
SHAKESPEARE
COSTUME
ELEMENTS:
Keziah
Thomas

2. PRODUCTION ST YLE
 Mixture of Realism & Non-realism
 Realism
 The plays were written in the time period they reflect
 The attire, culture, and custom were those of the 16th and 17th
century
 The costume designs will be centered around fashions of the
1600s
 Non-realism
 The language contains regular and poetic dialogues prose and verse
 Metaphors ( Rosalind’s incognito name)

3. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Time period:16 th /17 th century
Set in France
 Forest of Arden
 Duke’s Palace
 Oliver’s House
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4. MAIN CHARACTERS
 Rosalind – Heroine. Daughter
of exiled Duke Senior.
into a new leaf after Orlando
saves Oliver from danger in
the forests
 Celia – Daughter of Duke
Frederick. Loves and worships  Duke Frederick – a villain
Rosalind. Considers Rosalind
initially. Banishes own
as own sister. Even flees with
brother and niece. Turns into
her, when Duke Frederick
a new leaf after meeting an
banishes Rosalind.
old religious man in the
forest.
 Orlando – Youngest son of Sir
Rowland de Bois. Stripped of  Duke Senior – Exiled duke.
a gentleman's education by
Father of Rosalind
brother, Oliver. Falls in love
with Rosalind.
 Touchstone – Court jester.
Flees the palace with
 Oliver – Oldest son of Sir
Rosalind and Celia
Rowland de Bois. Hates
Orlando with a passion. Turns

5. MINOR CHARACTERS/ GROUPS
 Silvius – shepherd in love with Phoebe
 Phoebe – shepherdess who falls for Ganymede (Rosalind)
 Charles – professional wrestler part of Duke Frederick’s
court
 Sir Rowland de Bois - (deceased); father of Orlando and
Oliver
 Audrey – country girl marrying Touchstone
 Corin – shepherd and friend of Silvius
 William – country boy in love with Audrey
 Adam – servant of Orlando
 Lord Amiens – Lord attending Duke senior
 Jacques – Lord attending Duke Senior. Has a very
pessimistic and melancholic view of life

6. RELATIONSHIPS
Father &
daughter
Rosalind
Celia
Lovers
Orlando
Oliver
Duke
Senior
Duke
Frederick
Touchstone
: flees with
Rosalind & Celia
Adam:
servant for
Orlando

7. THEMES & CHARACTERS
 Rosalind
Ganymede
 “Ganymede” – a beautiful boy whose lover was Zeus, therefore
resulting in a homosexual relationship
 Several functions in name:
 Serves as mask for the character
 Play on words by Shakespeare
18.
 In the play Ganymede asks Orlando to pretend Ganymede was Rosalind and to
make love to “him”
 The epilogue given by Rosalind, reveals to the audience that the actor playing as
Rosalind is in fact a man
Orlando was making love to a man (Shmoop
Editorial Team)
17.

8. COSTUME DESIGNS - ROSALIND
 Transformation to Ganymede
Can be
used to
cover
part of
chest
area
4.
The skirt can also be
unfastened to display
the pants
The cape can be
removed to unveil
gentleman costume
5.

9. COSTUME DESIGNS - CELIA
 Transformation to Aliena, shepherdess
6.
Extravagance shown by jewelry and
patterns on gown could illustrate
power and wealth.
7.
Simplicity of costume (plain dress)
can depict clothing of a common,
hardworking shepherdess

10. COSTUME DESIGNS – OLIVER
 Costume for fighting
scene in Act 1, scene 2
 Costume while in Forest
of Arden
8.
Costume
should be
light-weight;
easy to move
around in
9.
Adding a cape
to the
costume can
be used to
display as the
outdoor
apparel

11. COSTUME DESIGNS – DUKE FREDERICK &
OLIVER
10.
The Duke’s costume
should reflect his power
and villainy
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12.
Since Oliver is a wealthy
bachelor, his clothing should be
neat & attractive

12. COSTUME DESIGNS – DUKE SENIOR
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14.
Clothing should be friendly for an
outdoor setting. However should
show a bit of raggedness
 Even though
Duke Senior is
exiled, his grace
and gentleman
exterior has not
left him.
 He is the figurehead of an
exiled group

13. CLOTHING DESIGNS – TOUCHSTONE &
AUDREY
15.
Common apparel for a court
jester from 1600s
16.
Simple dress for a country girl.
Neither elegant, nor excessive

14. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Wilson, Edwin. "Dynamics of Drama." The Theatre Experience . New
York: McGraw -Hill, 2011 . 40. Print .
 Shmoop Editorial Team. "As You Like It Ending" Shmoop.com.
Shmoop Univer sity, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 19 Nov. 2013 .
 "Ganymede." Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica
Online. <http://www.pantheon.org/ar ticles/g/ ganymede.html>
[Accessed November 19, 2013].

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