As long as Olivier in on stage in what appears to be a classical ballet costume, it's quite nice to look at and even listen to. He's one fine-looking dude, so what's really the problem with stuffing him into some 19th-c trousers? Other than that, I can't remember ever seeing a play or a movie whose most memorable feature is the costumes. These are easily the worst, most anachronistic, and bizarre ones I've ever seen on stage or on the screen, and, besides Olivier (did I mention Olivier?) about all that saves this. How did they do it? Did they really steal them, as it appears, through some unexplained and inexplicable time-travelling, from the sets of that amusingly juvenile TV-series, Robin Hood? I see no other explanation. (Did I mention that Olivier is one damn-fine-looking dude? Oh yes. I see I did.)
Review of As You Like It
