&quot;As You Like It&quot; is a five-act comedy by William Shakespeare, written and performed about 1598&ndash;1600 and first published in the First Folio of 1623. Shakespeare based the play on &quot;Rosalynde&quot; &nbsp;a prose romance by Thomas Lodge written in 1590.<br /><br />&quot;As You Like It&quot; subverts the traditional rules of romance. Gender roles, nature and politics are confused in a play that reflects on how bewildering yet utterly pleasurable life can be.<br /><br />Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest and find Orlando, Rosalind&#39;s love. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of &quot;curing&quot; him of his love for Rosalind. Rosalind reveals she is a girl and marries Orlando during a group wedding at the end of the play. &nbsp;