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Published on 17 November 2021

Script Notes

All the world's a stage

Tim Walter performs one of Shakespeare's most iconic speeches in As You Like It. Discover how he brings the words to life with his notes on the Seven Ages of Man monologue.
Video

Which Shakespeare is it?

Is it this play or that play? That is the question ... Watch the cast of As You Like It dig deep into their knowledge of the Bard to tell us the source of these famous quotes.
Feature

Meet the Players

Discover the motivations, philosophies and personalities of the characters that inhabit Shakespeare's topsy-turvy world from the people that know them best – the cast of As You Like It.
Interview

From Ambassador to Actor

Jack Green was an MTC Student Ambassador in 2016. When he debuts in As You Like It, he will be the first MTC Ambassador to take to the mainstage as an actor in one of our shows.
Interview

The Modern Bard(s)

Following Eurovision, world tours, major musicals, TV shows and an acclaimed fifth studio album, Keir Nuttall and Kate Miller-Heidke return to the world of Shakespeare this year to compose for MTC’s season of Shakespeare’s musical comedy, As You Like It.