As You Like It by William Shakespeare

I finished reading aloud the Shakespeare play, "As You Like It," to Aidan. We have tickets to see the play in Oregon on August 5.

The study guide we used, was helpful with defining some words we didn't recognize. Aidan did well, following along, and was generally able to understand the gist of events and conversations taking place. Fortunately, some of the adult-oriented humour was lost on him.

This play was written around 1599. Aidan is very intrigued by these scripts that are so old. He loves the old English language. The next play he wants to read, is A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Aidan's favourite character is Rosalind, because she's the main character. She's sometimes funny and Aidan was happy that Rosalind was able to trick people into believing she was a man when she disguised herself as Ganymede. Even her father didn't recognize her through her disguise, though he did start to wonder towards the end of the play.