FUN FACT: The monosyllabic pronunciation of "Jaques" found in As You Like It is a play on words. In Elizabethan slang, a "jakes" referred to an outdoor privy; and melancholics were thought to have an excess of black bile, a humour excreted by the kidneys! . . . #wsutheatre #funfacts #shakespeare #asyoulikeit #melancholyjaques (at Hilberry Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYO2H4DcYy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19betkt85l8e0














