Overview
Character Name
Touchstone
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
France, The Forest of Arden
Analysis
Touchstone is Duke Frederick’s court jester, who accompanies Rosalind and Celia on their journey to the forest of Arden. Like many of Shakespeare’s fools before and after him, Touchstone (whose name refers to a small tablet of dark stone that is used to identify precious
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