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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 1
Time & Place
Arden, England, Sixteenth Century
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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The play opens with Orlando, the youngest son of
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As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion
bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns,
and, as thou sayest, charged my brother, on his
blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my
sadness. My brother Jaques he keeps at
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