Hart-Cantabene's The Curate Shakespeare: As You Like It

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The Curate Shakespeare: As You Like It Throughout the play “The Curate Shakespeare: As You Like IT” one actor whose character choices I enjoyed the most and they come across as the most natural to me were made by Chelsea Hart-Cantabene. In the first act of the play she brought to life a cynical character, who really wants to be a part of something great, but will not allow herself to see the good that could possibly come out of her current situation. During the first act when the troop began to perform “As You Like It,” Cantabene’s strong character choices were present when she played her first “As you like it” role of Celia the daughter of banished duke. For instance, as she was playing Celia in “As you like it” I could still see that she

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