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"The melancholy Jaques", as he is known, is one of the exiled Duke Senior's noblemen who live with him in the Forest of Arden. Jaques takes no part in the unfolding of the plot, and confines himself to wry comment on the action and exchanges with his fellow characters. He has one of Shakespeare's best-known speeches, "All the world's a stage".
"Friends, Romans": Orson Welles' Broadway production of Caesar (1937), a modern-dress production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.
Stephen Ambrose borrowed the phrase "Band of Brothers" for the title of his 1992 book on E Company of the 101st Airborne during World War II; it was later adapted into the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers. In the closing scene of the series, Carwood Lipton quotes from Shakespeare's speech. [4] The 2016 videogame We Happy Few takes its name from ...
William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").
The play follows two main couples: Beatrice and Benedick (adapted to Bea and Ben in Anyone But You), who use witty banter to deny their romantic interest in one another, and Claudio and Hero (here ...
Since Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach 1,000,000 views. [1] The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in ...
The song's title, "Billy S." stands for Billy Shakespeare, a reference to William Shakespeare, whom Skye refers to throughout the song.The song contains numerous Shakespeare references including Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, Malvolio from Twelfth Night and the phrase "To be, or not to be" from Hamlet, which is changed to "To skip or not to skip, that is the question".
The song is based on Donna Deitch's 1985 film Desert Hearts, which is an adaptation of Rule's novel. [186] "Soma" Is This It: The Strokes: Brave New World: Aldous Huxley: Refers to the fictional drug used in Brave New World. [187] "Song For Clay" A Weekend in the City: Bloc Party: Less than Zero: Bret Easton Ellis [53] "The Stand (Prophecy ...