Attention Bigpoison and Ilikeflags

Is it.

"All the worlds a stage"?

or

"The Whole worlds a stage"?

I'm afraid that I simply can't trust google with this delicate matter. Rescue me from my ignorance and confusion.

"All the world's a stage"

I guess I haven't preened myself enough as Scholar in these forums to be asked.

"Get thee to a nunnery, fair Kupov," he grumbled.

I'm sorry but I have a dog and she knows next to nothing about Shakespeare. I'd really prefer an accredited source on this one.

...and all the men and women merely players."

I've always thought it was "All the world's a stage," but Tonydal has convinced me.  Who knows how the Bard wanted it?

It seems to me, the first time I read "As You Like It"  the text read, "and all the men are merely players."  But, here, in my trusty tome, it says, "men and women".

yeah i always thought it was "all the world's a stage..."

i looked in the text; that's what my copy says.

my copy also says, "men and women..."

we should ask edward de vere, 17th earl of oxford

haha

Afafbourardi I do not recall asking your opinion.

ilikeflags is a jerk!

Therefore he comes in fierce tempest, in thunder and in earthquake, like a Troll, that if requiring fail, he will compel..." -Henry V

...how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.

And speaking of teeth, I'd give you such a bite.

Is that Marlowe? No second rate romantics in this thread please.

 But you already implied that! (see?...)

 I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

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.

(That's from memory. I acted in "As You Like It" 37 years ago.)

Was that when it was written?

No Fair! Age joke.....

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All the site's a stage,

And all the men and women merely posters.

They have their edits and their references,

And one man in his time plays many parts, 

His age acts being about seven.

Q: Now then, who is that man?  
Clue: "Vanna, I'd like to buy two vowels."