Sounds familiar? This phrase is now probably a cliche but was written by Shakespeare (a monologue spoken by Jacques in As You Like It). The original lines from the play are here: 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, His acts being seven ages. ...
Read MoreReading Bryson’s book on Shakespeare is fun and inspirational. He narrates the writer’s life with facts, half-truths and lies. Shakespeare’s will has a famous line: “I give unto my wife my second-best bed with the furniture.” Strange to mention bed and bedding in a will even they were valued objects. Some argue that second-best bed...
Read MoreOur next destination: Great Britain and Ireland. Thanks to my colleagues who gave us the two Lonely Planet guides before my surgery, to ease my pain. I am reading Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare – a funny and resourceful book about this man and his time. Our travel map (still a plan, too many uncertainties; driving all the way) is posted here:...
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