2007-03-04 00:21:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
The play is set in a duchy in France, but most of the action takes place in a location called the 'Forest of Arden', which is a toponym for a forest close to Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Oxford Shakespeare edition rationalizes this geographical discrepancy by assuming that 'Arden' is an anglicisation of the forested Ardennes region of Belgium, and alters the spelling to reflect this. Other editions keep Shakespeare's 'Arden' spelling, since it can be argued that the pastoral genre depicts a fantastical world in which geographical details are irrelevant.
2007-03-04 00:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by Alex A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starts in the Court (where Duke Frederick has deposed his brother, Duke Senior), and then moves out into the Forest of Arden.
2007-03-04 03:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋