Love in a Wood

For the play by William Wycherley, see Love in a Wood (play).

Love in a Wood
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Kenelm Foss
Starring	Gerald Ames Elisabeth Risdon Kenelm Foss
Production company	London Films
Distributed by	Jury Films
Release date	November 1915 (1915-11)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Love in a Wood is a 1915 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gerald Ames, Elisabeth Risdon and Kenelm Foss. The film is a contemporary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It . ^{[1] [2]} ”As its title suggests , this film is significant as one of the earliest modern-dress versions of screened Shakespeare.” ^[3]

Cast

• Gerald Ames as Orlando
• Vera Cuningham as Celia
• Kenelm Foss as Oliver
• Cyril Percival
• Elisabeth Risdon as Rosalind
• Frank Stanmore as Touchstone
• Dolly Tree

References

1. Murphy p.178
2. Cochran, Peter (16 October 2014). Small-Screen Shakespeare. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4438-6969-0.
3. Burt, Richard (2007). Shakespeares After Shakespeare [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-0-313-33116-9.

Bibliography

• Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.

External links

• Love in a Wood at IMDb