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Henrik Ibsen,

"Just be yourself."

Benedict Cumberbatch

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

'Is there another doctor in the house? He wants a second opinion.'

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

'Hamlet'

Papageno from The Magic Flute

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Women's Bonnets Block the Audience View

Anthropologists discover the earliest known depiction of Jazz Hands.

Applause. Clap clap bravo. Spring musical. Cats. You were terrific! Our little girl!

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

"Out damn Spot

"When I grow up, I want to become president and eventually the subject of a groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed Broadway musical."

The ghosts of Christmas yet to come.

Taking a peek at the audience

Senta jumps into the sea

"Bravo!"

Silly wig.

"Toi Toi Toi!"

Reginald Bunthorne

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

"It's a play on words."

'I was an egg in the Easter play.'

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

"So besides opera and lurking, what do you do to relax?"

'I've got two tickets to Handel's Messiah -- What time do you get off work?'

"Eye of pie...a**e of rat...p**s of newt."

Jack-a-box in the theatre.

To read or not to read?

Comedy and tragedy masks