Comments on: ‘All The World’s A Stage’: Quote & Meaning https://nosweatshakespeare.com <strong><a href="/">Modern Shakespeare</a></strong> resources, <strong><a href="/sonnets/">sonnet translations</a></strong> & lots more! Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: edward catano https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/all-the-worlds-a-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-2958332 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 23:18:15 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1020944#comment-2958332 In reply to Karl Patterson.

wow… you said it. “fifteen minutes of fame” is a part of this too.
so many human factors play into this time. we are under constant
pressure to respond, to act, to buy something, to covet something.
We are constantly auditioning to play a part… any part. Small or bit
part to co-star to lead actor in this insane dark comedy.
Hoping that whoever is directing this show will somehow catch our act
and call us for take a part. Too many of us are taking the bait, non actors
who cannot act…singers with no voice, soldiers with no enemies, rebels without
any causes. etc etc etc/

]]> By: Karl Patterson https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/all-the-worlds-a-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-2954277 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:40:54 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1020944#comment-2954277 Apart from the meaning discussed here, I always thought this monologue was a discussion of the human tendency to seek drama and emotional display. It seems to me that much of human behaviour is not about what it is purported to be about, but rather arises from the need to be part of a dramatic scene, hence the “drama queen”. In this Covid time, I believe that much of the demonstrating and even the insurrection are fueled by the need for something dramatic happen in each person’s life.

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