ON Friday July 20 and Saturday July 21, Iddesleigh based Farms for City Children will welcome the Festival Players Theatre Company to Nethercott House, near Hatherleigh, to perform William Shakespeare?s very popular, light-hearted, romantic comedy, ?As You Like It? . The Festival Players are very well known for their outstanding open-air performances and are now in their 21st successful year. The play, set in the Forest of Arden, is considered by many to be one of Shakespeare?s greatest comedies. The heroine, Rosalind, is praised as one of his most inspiring characters. Rosalind, banished from the court by her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick, switches gender and journeys to the forest to join her father and his friends. Disguised as a ?boy?, she teasingly tutors her own suitor on how to win her favours! Observations on life and love follow, friends are made and families are reunited. Nethercott?s gates will open at 6pm. Please bring your own seating and picnics. Freshly prepared desserts ? ?Summer Fruits and Sparkle? will be available for a donation. The profits from ticket sales will help to fund the work of the charity at Nethercott House, subsidising the 1,000+ children who are booked in to stay at the Devon farm over the next 12 months. Nethercott House gardens will be open to the public on Sunday July 22 from 2pm to 5.30pm under the National Gardens Scheme. They will be serving delicious Devon cream teas. For Shakespeare ticket information telephone Tracy on 01837 811281.
