"The Play's The Thing" - April 9, 2021

[Janet P]

Made it to the beach.
The mug is within my reach.
Will I be lucky?

[Tom Wilson]

On shore ... and on Page 724, cursing the day job that kept me away so long.

[Adodz]

Had to get some help from Google..but finally on shore this week after a very tough past few weeks.

[joequavis]

(redacted until after the deadline)

[Inca]

Count me on shore...

We did not have to memorize this in high school but I did anyway because I loved it. Expressing ourselves beautifully is a lost art. When I think of how we express ourselves today, especially the youth like, um, ya know ... and that's gold compared to ty, ttyl. Oh well, gtg. Will be afk for a while.

[fuggedabowdit]

ASHORE!! Another short swim!?!?

[RDaleHall]

Beach Time. Great time with a crossword, plays, The Masters and a Carlsberg.

What could be better??? How about a second Carlsberg.

[ajk]

Onshore after proving to myself that I can still recite the speech from memory.

This brought back memories of driving my (and other kids) to high school. One of the requirements in one of the English classes was to recite that soliloquy from memory. Went through several years of listening to muttered recitations from the back seat on the way to school. No one was reciting it with meaning--they were all plowing through it as quickly as they could before it dropped out of their memory.

A few years ago I started learning some of the speeches as a way to pass the time during my ~45 min walk to/from work. This is definitely the one I know best, but a few of the Henry V ones aren't far behind ('O! for a muse of fire' 'Once more unto the breach' and St Crispan's day).

[Wendy Walker]

Count me on shore...

We did not have to memorize this in high school but I did anyway because I loved it. Expressing ourselves beautifully is a lost art. When I think of how we express ourselves today, especially the youth like, um, ya know ... and that's gold compared to ty, ttyl. Oh well, gtg. Will be afk for a while.

Must confess, I know the "What a piece of work is man" soliloquy by heart only because it was "sampled" in a song from the musical "Hair."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JshdUZ5KRpo
My older sister listened to the soundtrack album all the time. Sometimes she'd forget to lift the needle and play the really dirty songs (well, what passed for dirty back then)!

[Ergcat]

On shore! Would love to have a cocktail but not feeling too well from my second vax shot!

[NaluGirl]

Well, I guess that's one way to learn stuff about Shakespeare! Count me at the party with the gang!

[dudeski]

On shore.

[Tripod]

On shore. Maybe all that High School English wasn't so bad after all?

Truthfully, I have probably learned more about the author from crosswords and Jeopardy...oh well.

Good to be back in the win column!

Vodka + Tonic time.

[Joepickett]

It's a Gaffney so let me be the first to say "No Idea"

[Jace54]

On shore! Needed a Thursday solve because I would not have much time to look again over the weekend.

[tim1217]

On shore!

[Richard]

On the beach

Very nice meta.

Frees me up to watch the Masters.

Richard

[Jeremy Smith]

On shore. It’s always nice when your first idea works.

[camandsampowercouple]

I solved the grid. There's one entry that has me scratching my head. I wonder if that's a clue to the meta or just me being me...

[TeamDoubleTow]

Ashore! Couple of stumbles along the way in our execution but pretty straightforward!