This July, MADC is transforming the gardens in front of the San Anton Palace into an open-air theatre to stage William Shakespeare’s classic play As You Like It.

The show will be continuing a long-standing tradition for the Malta Amateur Dramatic Club. Following a performance of an abridged version of As You Like It in San Anton Gardens in 1938, the club began an annual summertime tradition of staging a full-length Shakespeare play in English, performing it outdoors at San Anton Gardens.

The ultimate romantic comedy

The ultimate romantic comedy, As You Like It tells the story of lovers Rosalind and Orlando who are exiled and become entangled in a hilarious game of love, lust and mistaken identity. With the play being set in two very different worlds, both in a modern royal court and the enchanting Forest of Arden, the show’s director Philip Leone Ganado intends to make full use of the magical setting of San Anton Gardens in summer.

The cast includes Roberta Cefai, Gianni Selvaggi, Steffi Thake, Chris Dingli, Stephen Oliver, Jonathan Dunn, Chiara Hyzler, Michael Mangion, Rambert Attard, Maxine Brimmer, Joe Depasquale, Becky D’Ugo and Daniel Formosa.

As You Like It will be performed in English at San Anton Gardens in Attard between July 13 and 22. More information and tickets are available online at www.madc.com.mt.

The Malta Amateur Dramatic Club performed an abridged version of As You Like It in San Anton Gardens in 1938.The Malta Amateur Dramatic Club performed an abridged version of As You Like It in San Anton Gardens in 1938.

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