As You Like It A Radical Retelling
Formerly seen in England under its – potentially confusing to Europeans – original name The Land Ackowledgment or As You Like It and now debuting in Scotland as part of the EIF, this deliciously provocative show from Native American performer Cliff Cardinal is best left unspoilered but sees him co-opt Shakespeare's pastoral comedy in a most surprising way to reimagine it as a colonialist critique.
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