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As You Like It by William Shakespeare: where it is set · Terra Lecta

As You Like It

William ShakespeareAD 1564–1616

A great book. First published AD 1623, written in English

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623.

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Walter Deverell, Public domain

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Where it is set

France
France
The play unfolds in a duchy which is presented as being in France, initially within the refined setting of a court. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed

The author’s life

Stratford-upon-Avon
Born here, United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata
Stratford-upon-Avon
Died here, United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata
Stratford-upon-Avon
Lived here, AD 1564–1616, United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata

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