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Quoting Shakespeare
If you cannot understand my argument, and declare ``It's Greek to
me'', you are quoting Shakespeare;
...If you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are
quoting Shakespeare;
...If you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare;
...If you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther
to the thought; if your lost property has vanished into thin air,
you are quoting Shakespeare;
...Even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you
wish I was dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a
laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded
or a blinking idiot, then -by Jove! O Lord! Tut, tut! for goodness'
sake! what the dickens! but me no buts - it is all one to me, for
you are quoting Shakespeare.
...If you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed
jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied,
a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted
your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept
not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord
and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold
comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days
or lived in a fool's paradise -why, be that as it may, the more
fool you , for it is a foregone conclusion that your are (as good
luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare.
...If you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage,
if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short
of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out
even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till
the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your
teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then
- to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely
you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare. |
In
the Fall of 2000, Casey got together with friends Marc Alaimo and
Jeffrey Combs to create a show that would reflect their love for
and appreciation of the great contributions made to the theater
and all of humanity by William Shakespeare. They each take turns
performing a selection scenes from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.
The show was first performed at The Pacific Resident Theatre in
Los Angeles and then hit the road performing on a cruise ship and
at various Trek conventions around the world.