Helen Mirren Filmography
As You Like It
Role: Rosalind
When her uncle banishes Rosalind from his lands, Celia follows her dear friend and cousin into exile. Along with the court jester, Touchstone, Celia and Rosalind head for the forest of Arden in disguise. There the deposed duke and his loyal men hold court like Robin Hood.
Fleeing his brother, Orlando ends up in the same forest. The lovesick Orlando leaves love poems tacked to trees where they are found by, among others, Rosalind.
Yet when he meets her in the forest Orlando fails to recognize his true love who is disguised as a boy. Rosalind will test his love and romantic confusion will reign before all can live happily ever after.
This 1978 BBC production of Shakespeare's comedy stars Helen Mirren as Rosalind with Angharad Rees as Celia and Brian Stirner as Orlando. Mirren is a delight as Rosalind though nature's gifts prevent her from being entirely believable as a boy.
