Posts Tagged ‘all the world’s a stage’

Shakespeare

September 29, 2012

As You Like It

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This is the play that contains the famous line “All the world’s a stage.”   It’s the beginning of a speech by a melancholy poseur named Jacques, which the text says is pronounced “Jakes.” I enjoyed saying Ja-queeze to myself because Jacques just barely avoids being a Peter Sellers character, so seriously does he take himself.   Read the Rest…