As You Like It: Scene Summaries

Act 1, Scene 1: Orlando, discontent with his position in life, decides to make a name for himself in Duke Frederick’s court.
Act 1, Scene 2: Rosalind falls in love with Orlando after seeing him wrestle, while Celia decides to accompany Rosalind in her exile.
Act 1, Scene 3: Celia and Rosalind, now disguised as a shepherdess and a young man, prepare to leave for the Forest of Arden.
Act 2, Scene 1: Duke Senior, exiled to the Forest of Arden, finds life there to be free and satisfying.
Act 2, Scene 2: Duke Frederick becomes angry when he discovers Rosalind has fled and orders his court to find her.
Act 2, Scene 3: Orlando, warned by old servant Adam of his brother’s murderous plan, flees to the Forest of Arden.
Act 2, Scene 4: Rosalind and Celia meet the shepherd Corin and decide to purchase his master’s farm.
Act 2, Scene 5: Amiens, a lord attending Duke Senior, sings a song about the hardships of life in the forest.
Act 2, Scene 6: Adam, growing feeble from the journey, is carried by Orlando into the forest.
Act 2, Scene 7: Jaques delivers his famous “All the world’s a stage” speech and Orlando breaks into the Duke’s camp, demanding food.
Act 3, Scene 1: Duke Frederick gives Oliver one year to find his brother Orlando.
Act 3, Scene 2: Orlando adorns the forest with love poems for Rosalind and she, still disguised as Ganymede, offers to cure him of his love.
Act 3, Scene 3: Touchstone, a court fool, woos Audrey, a simple country woman.
Act 3, Scene 4: Rosalind anxiously waits for Orlando and gives Ganymede a letter she found.
Act 3, Scene 5: Silvius declares his love for the shepherdess Phebe who then falls for Ganymede.
Act 4, Scene 1: Rosalind, still disguised as Ganymede, advises Orlando on courting.
Act 4, Scene 2: The lords in the forest sing a hunting song.
Act 4, Scene 3: Oliver has an encounter with a lion whilst searching for his brother Orlando.
Act 5, Scene 1: Touchstone debates with Corin the merits of court versus country life.
Act 5, Scene 2: Rosalind reveals her true identity and orchestrates a group wedding.
Act 5, Scene 3: Touchstone marries Audrey and Orlando’s and Rosalind’s courtship is resolved.
Act 5, Scene 4: Duke Frederick has a change of heart after meeting a religious man and renounces everything, effectively ending the play on a happy note.