You’ve gotta love a man who can make the “All The World’s A Stage” monologue not sound like something you’ve heard 80 zillion times before.

That man is Joseph Marcell (best known as Geoffrey from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), offering the most nuanced of performances in the generally strong cast of Folger Theater’s As You Like It. Granted, his Jacques is one of the more interesting roles in a Shakespeare work that has its share of cardboard cutouts, but Marcell offers a particular richness, whether he’s reveling in his own melancholy, mocking a duke, or plaintively pining over a fool.

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s more amusing works, even if its central motivation is a bit of a mystery. It sometimes feels a little like an amalgam of Bard tropes (mixed up identities, cross-dressing, mysterious forest), but it provides enough breezy entertainment that the hours fly by.

In the play, there’s an evil duke and a good duke, and the latter’s been banished to the forest. Others soon end up there as well, such as both dukes’ daughters, a fool and a maltreated brother. And by the way, good duke’s daughter Rosalind is dressed like a guy, but in love with maltreated brother Orlando. With me so far?