Duke Senior is exiled into the Forest of Arden by his brother Duke Frederick. The daughter of Duke Senior, Rosalind, is also banished. With her cousin Celia and court fool Touchstone, Rosalind goes into the forest disguised as a man called Ganymede. Meanwhile Young Orlando, who is hopelessly in love with Rosalind, also flees into the forest to escape his murderous older brother Oliver. There he meets Ganymede/Rosalind and seeks his/her advice on women. Not surprisingly, some deliciously witty and complex webs of love and deceit eventuate.
—Courtney J. Pascoe