As You Like It: Scene Analysis

Wally, having made up with his brother Barry, tells him of his crush on Ally, although he had only met her the previous day. My troupe, The Squad Squad, is planning to perform scene six of As You Like It. We have translated this scene to a modern day setting which will be more appealing for children in middle school. Our troop is made up of four middle schoolers attending Old Donation School, which is a school constructed of the most academically advanced students in Virginia Beach.

We have translated this scene to a middle school setting by changing the forest of Arden to the Rooftop Garden at the school. Simple alterations like this will make it easier for middle school students to understand. We have also changed the original names from …show more content…
Barry is then very confused on why his brother Wally already likes Ally, even though he had only met her the day before this scene takes place. Wally then convinces Barry that he likes her enough that Barry decided to let them date, and Wally is therefore very excited. Later in the scene Rose, pretending to be Jake over text mentions Wally and Jake’s sister Ally dating, and the topic of Rose comes up. Jake promises Barry that he will get them together and they will be dating tomorrow. Rose sees that Phoenix, formerly known as Phebe, has texted on a group chat between Jake, Phoenix, Barry, and Shawn. There is much drama as Shawn likes Phoenix, Phoenix likes Jake, Barry likes Rose, and Rose likes Barry (although he would never say that as she is pretending to be Jake). As each person describes their crushes for one another there is a comedy aspect that has been manipulated so that it will be more funny for middle schoolers rather than adults, as they are our audience. Rose (as Jake) promises everyone that they will be satisfied the next day with their crushes. The scene then