As You Like It, with Howard, Kline, Etc., to Air on HBO

Theatre veterans Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Janet McTeer and Alfred Molina, among others, will romp through the Forest of Arden in Kenneth Branagh's new adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy As You Like It. 

As You Like It will be presented by HBO Films on Tuesday, August 21st at 9 PM. "Award-winning director Kenneth Branagh's imaginative and exotic new adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays -- a celebration of the enduring power of love in all its many disguises," states HBO's website.

According to IMDB.com, As You Like It stars Howard (film: Lady in the Water, Spider Man 3; theatre: As You Like It, House/Garden) as the headstrong Rosalind, David Oyelowo as Orlando (CSC's Prometheus Bound, film: The Last King of Scotland) as Orlando, Romola Garai (film: Scoop, Vanity Fair) as Celia, Tony Award-nominee Molina (film: Spiderman 2, Frida; Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Art) as Touchstone, Tony Award-winner Kline (King Lear, Henry IV, The Pirates of Penzance; film: De-Lovely, Sophie's Choice) as Jacques, Tony Award-winner McTeer (A Doll's House, Mary Stuart; film: Tumbleweeds, Songcatcher) as Audrey, and Adrian Lester (Donmar Warehouse Company; film: The Day After Tomorrow) as Oliver.

Branagh's other Shakespeare film adaptations include Love's Labour's Lost, Hamlet, Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing.

Visit www.hbo.com for more information.

Photo of Bryce Dallas Howard by Retna Ltd.