It’s said that all the world’s a stage
Well, one man’s work has been the rage
For about four hundred thirty years
And so today some birthday cheers
For that wondrous Englishman
Who gave us Lear and Caliban
Hamlet, Portia and Ophelia
Iago, Oberon, Cordelia
Macbeth and Puck and Tatiana
Never since the Pax Romana
Has one man’s star shone quite so bright
And filled the stage with such delight
There has never been another maven
Like the man who comes from Stratford on Avon