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Shakespeare wrote 'All the world's a stage'.
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Is it true that Shakespeare wrote 'All the world's a stage'?
Yes. Multiple reference sources state that 'All the world's a stage' is the opening of a monologue in Shakespeare's As You Like It, and one book explicitly says Shakespeare wrote the line.
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All the world's a stage - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_world%27s_a_stage
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Shakespeare plays on Renaissance stages. (2002). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol0521792959.001
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"Do English Audiences Have the Toughest Time with Shakespeare?," Quarto: The Magazine of the Shakespeare Theatre Association, Spring/Summer, 2023. (2023). works.hcommons.org. https://works.hcommons.org/records/k7aqr-qhx88
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Smitherman, G. (2021). Word from the Mother. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Wx6NEQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
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