[Oliver tries to rough up Orlando, but Orlando gets the upper hand.]


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As You Like It,
Act 1, Scene 1, scene direction line 53.
[Oliver tries to rough up Orlando, but Orlando gets the upper hand.]: —There are many places in Shakespeare's plays where there is no stage direction, but the text tells that something physical is happening. In such cases editors make up their own stage directions, as I have done here.





Oliver wrestling Orlando

Oliver (William Mannering) wrestling Orlando (Simon Mannering)
The Globe, 2015