ACT I
PROLOGUE: FOREST OF ARDEN - Danu tells us of the conflict between the two sibling duchesses (Frances and Senior), and how Senior was banished into The Forest, an entrance point into Danu's mystical land of Otherworld. Danu allows them to enter, as a test.
SCENE I: ORCHARD OF OLIVER'S HOUSE - Orlando has been kept as an abused servant to his older brother Oliver, who has had his inheritence denied Orlando his inheritance. After conflict between them, Orlando leaves to seek a new life.
SCENE II: LAWN BEFORE THE DUCHESS FRANCES'S PALACE - Rosalind is stays with her cousin Celia and her usurping Aunt Frances, despite Frances banishing her mother. Depressed, Rosalind watches wrestling, and falls in love with Orlando, who wrestles Oliver.
Scene III: A ROOM IN THE PALACE - Duchess Frances banishes Rosalind, fed up by how the people love her. Celia objects and decides to runaway with Rosalind. They decide to adopt new names and have Rosalind dress up as a man.
ACT II
SCENE I: THE FOREST OF ARDEN - The exiled Duchess Senior enters with her friend Amiens, telling him about how beautiful she thinks the Forest of Arden is. Amiens, however, spies the enchanted White Stag that led them into Otherworld, and goes to hunt it.
SCENE II, THE FOREST OF ARDEN: One of the exiles Jacques is being teased by the forest Fae, but eventually decides they are harmless. Jacques is allowed to seem by Danu and marvels, especially at the Stag. Amiens enters and kills the stag. Danu resurrects
SCENE III: This scene has been entirely cut.
SCENE IV: THE FOREST OF ARDEN - Rosalind (in man's clothing), Celia, and Touchstone arrive at the Forest of Arden, exhausted, but meet the shepherdess Audrey who tells them of her boss selling his land. They decide to buy it and settle in the area.
SCENE V: THE FOREST OF ARDEN - This scene has been completly cut.
SCENE VI: Jacques is delighted to see a fool in the forest and wants his motley coat. Orlando stumbles upon them, demanding food at knifepoint for survival. They tell him there is no need for that and welcome him. Jacques compares human life to a play.
