All the world' sa delightful stage at the Village ,Theatre astern Illinois Universi An all-male production at delight. E ty Theatre is opening the old Vic in 1967 featured There's good work by Rich its 2007-2008 season Anthony Hopkins as Audrey. Aguilera, Andrew Sutherland, with a five-performance run It provoked Oliviet to snap at Bailey Murphy, Aubrey of Shakespeare's "As You Like rehearsal, "Shouldn't the Wiggs, Jake Senesac, Brian It." women be wearing breasts?" Aycock, Rob Browy and The comedy was written The EIU production, direct Kayla Jane Blue. circa,1599, and tradition says ed by Jean K. Wolski, has The set and lighting are by the Bard, himself, played the some problems in the first David Wolski, the sound by role of Adam, the old and half. The young actors are James Kuper, the costumes faithful retainer. Touchstone parodies senti busy establishing their char by Karen Eisenhour, and the The play is set in the con ment. Melancholy Jaques acters, race their lines and hair and makeup design by trasting worlds of Frederick's derides everything, and his sometimes, swallow them. Eisenhour and Kuper. oppressive court and the For famous speech ("All the Things get better in the sec The final performance is at est of Arden. The plot con world's a stage ... ") reduces ond half, however, and come 7 p.m. today at the Village cerns the romantic tribula life to a farce full of stock the to life with a bang. Theatre, 960 18th St., tions of four couples - Orlan atrical figures. In fact, the physical come Charleston. do and Rosalind, Oliver and Modern actors who have dy, cartoonish set, glitiy cos Call 581-3011 for tickets. Celia, Touchstone and Audrey, excelled in "As You Like It" tumes, and nonsensical and Silvius and Phebe. include Laurence Olivier, goings-on kept reminding me Carl Lebovitz is a reviewer-at-large The characters represent Michael Redgrave, Vanessa of Wolski's "A Funny Thing for the Journal Gazette arulTzmes various attitudes to love. Sil Redgrave, Katharine Hepburn Happened on the Way to the Courier. Contact Lebovitz at editori vius is all sentiment, while and George C. Scott. Forum." The result is pure [email protected].