Rosalind (As You Like It)

Rosalind
As You Like It character
Rosalind in a modern production
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
Based onCharacter in source book, 'Rosalynde' (1590) by Thomas Lodge Jr. Also Rosalinde Spenser in The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser (1579).
In-universe information
AliasGanymede, after the mythological figure
AffiliationDuke Senior, her father
FamilyOrlando (husband)
Duke Senior (father)
Duke Frederick (uncle)
Celia (cousin)

Rosalind is the heroine and protagonist of the play As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare. In the play, she disguises herself as a male shepherd named Ganymede. Many actors have portrayed Rosalind, including Sarah Wayne Callies, Maggie Smith, Elisabeth Bergner, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen Mirren, Patti LuPone, Helen McCrory, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrian Lester and Arabella Dulcie.

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