It's oft been said, that all the world's a stage

It's oft been said, that all the world's a stage.
Oh, this one phrase has proven to be true.
The actors' scenes repeat through every age.

There is one play that's quite been all the rage,
whose run's the longest mankind ever knew.
Off-Broadway, seen by all the world, a stage

where major thespians are often gauged
by monologues expressing much ado,
the actors' scenes repeat through every age.

The scripts, expertly crafted to engage
the audience, to cheer or jeer on cue
en masse, because the whole world is the stage.

There's much adlibbing done on every page,
however actors normally stay true
to what's repeated oft through every age.

The plots and stories written to enrage
the audience with courtly ballyhoo,
engage the billions on the worldly stage,
with scenes repeating oft through every age.

(C)2019, Christos Rigakos