As You Like It is set in a forest called Arden, which is not a real place necessarily, but it is believed that it is supposed to be in France. It may be a version of the real department in France called Ardennes, which is here:
It also may be a mix of "Arcadia" (from the classics) and "Eden" (from the Bible).
Who knows?
Since that answer is Shakespeare himself alone, apparently, and I can't very easily ask him, there's not much more I can say about the setting.
Like most of his comedies, it is set in what was then the modern day, or the turn of the 17th century.
It also may be a mix of "Arcadia" (from the classics) and "Eden" (from the Bible).
Who knows?
Since that answer is Shakespeare himself alone, apparently, and I can't very easily ask him, there's not much more I can say about the setting.
Like most of his comedies, it is set in what was then the modern day, or the turn of the 17th century.
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