Rosalind (As You Like It)
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Rosalind is a fictional character and the romantic female lead in the comedy, "As You Like It" (1600?) by William Shakespeare. She is the daughter of the exiled Duke Senior and niece to his usurping brother Duke Frederick. After angering her uncle, she leaves his court for exile in the Forest of Arden. There, she lives disguised as a shepherd with her devoted cousin, Celia and her uncle's fool Touchstone. Eventually, Rosalind is reunited with her father and is married to her faithful lover, Orlando. The character is distinguished for her quick wit and skilled repartee. Rosalind has been played by various notable actresses including Elizabeth Bergner in a 1936 film with Laurence Oliver as Orlando, [ [http://www.filmreference.com/Actors-and-Actresses-Ba-Bo/Bergner-Elisabeth.html Elizabeth Bergner] ] and Helen Mirren in the 1978 BBC version of the play directed by Basil Coleman. ["As You Like It" (1978) at the Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077180/]
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