All The World's A Stage ...
Published: July 25th, 2008
By: Jeff Genung

All the world's a stage ...

When you think of a night of rip-roaring fits of laughter, maybe a comedy club performance comes to mind. Or a good (back when there was such a thing) Will Ferrell movie. Or maybe even a local school board meeting.

You probably don’t think ‘William Shakespeare.’

Although The Bard is certainly well-known in scholarly circles for his comedies as well as his tragedies, modern audiences wouldn’t expect to split their knickers in riotous laughter at a performance of his many works.

(Why modern audiences would be wearing knickers is another matter entirely, but let’s leave undergarment choice to individual discretion.)

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