May 13, 1901

The first of many outdoor student productions, As You Like It, the fourth hall play, was presented in authentic Elizabethan manner “in a woody spot on the north side of the campus.” There being no scenery changes, settings were announced by posters at the sides of the stage. The programs described the play as “a comedy by Master William Shakespeare, laide in ye Forest of Ardennes and truly set forth before ye worshipful maydes of Vassar College in ye month of Mae, MCMI”

The New York Times