What character said all the world's a stage?

Jacques gives this line in Shakespeare's As You Like It, Act II, Scene vii: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one...

This is Jacques monologue from the Shakespearean play, As You Like It, Act 2, scene 7, 139-143:[in toto] All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and...

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players;" This was written as part of the play As You Like It by William Shakespeare.

Palladas - Greek Anthology 10.72: All life is a stage and a game: either learn to play it, laying by seriousness, or bear its pains.

that's a metaphor