Boy loves girl. Boy gets banished, then girl gets banished, so boy and girl run to the forest where girl's father is also banished. And girl pretends to be boy to flirt with boy. That old chestnut...

Shakespeare loves his cross-dressing heroines, and here we have one of his most famous -- Rosalind. We also get the first of Shakespeare's wise fools.  

But is "As You Like It" as we like it? Join Michael and Sophie to find out!

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Sources: 

The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It (Oxford University Press)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)