'The World's a Stage' William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 1599. 'You Know, Someone Said the World's a Stage' Elvis Presley, Are You Lonesome Tonight, 1960. New show seamlessley merges Shakespeare and Elvis's greatest hits. A sing-along, quote-along, celebration of Stratford's greatest playwright and Tupelo's finest singer. And a life to rival any Shakespearean tragedy - told in the classic seven stages of Elvis. With well-known scenes from Shakespeare and Elvis songs. A journey through the King's life from Memphis to the Movies and onto Vegas before his tragic, lonely death in Graceland.