As You Like It

Mid-play the actors tell the story of Rosalind and Orlando...

Another wonderful opportunity as I prepare to leave Amsterdam -  I was invited by my friend Shingai to see As You Like It, the Shakespearean comedy of errors, at the Stadsschouwburg Theater on Leidseplein, in Amsterdam.  This particular production was especially special (!).  It was a production directed by Sam Mendes for the Bridge Project, which is a theater group consisting of a cast made up of half British half American Shakespearean Actors.  The American actors hailed from BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music) and the Brits, of course, were from the Globe Theater in London and performances began and ended at The Old Vic.  They took their show on the road on both sides of the pond starting in New York in the Spring.  

The cast takes its curtain call at the end of the play.

After the performance my friends and I decided to get a glass of wine at the open air bar next door to the theater.  As we walked away from the bar and were about to part ways, I saw Ms. Rylant, the play's Rosylind walking down the street.  She graciously stopped and spoke to us for a while and agreed to smile for a picture with me.  Cheers!

Juliet Rylance who played Rosalind/Ganymede, and Me on Leidseplein, Amsterdam, NL