All the world's a stage

All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.

That's the Grade 8 memorization passage!  Only four lines!  Easy-peasy!  It is from Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It" and goes on to describe all the different stages of a person's life.  It's funny and true and sad, like lots of Shakespeare.

If you're already a fan of the Immortal Bard (that's Shakespeare, if you didn't know), you probably know that the Bard on the Beach is continuing to perform over the next two weeks and it is always great to take a trip to Vanier Park and see a show.  The plays on now include Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure and a non-Shakespearean play called "Elizabeth Rex" about Shakespeare's queen, Elizabeth I.  Tickets are a lot more expensive than the Fringe Festival, but then you know what you're getting with Shakespeare, whereas "Hockey Night at the Puck and Pickle" is an unknown quantity.