A literary allusion...hope this is vague enough to avoid a hide...

[teamster633]

a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing

[Her Sister]

1. Patrick Stewart - Macbeth (Act V, Scene V)

Perfect!

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. I love the Scottish Play.

[displacedtexan]

2. If literary allusions trigger hides...

Then I'm done here.

[NurseJackie]

3. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow ...

[BobbyDrake]

7. So appropriate today! nt

[ismnotwasm]

4. Slightly off topic, but fun

Shakespeare's insult generator

http://insult.dream40.org

[Her Sister]

6. Haha! Thou art... a drunken Plague!!!

Bwahahaha!!!

[Surya Gayatri]

8. Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 5 - best bow-out speech in literature.

"And then is heard no more..." - we can hope.

[NastyRiffraff]

9. And the Bard goes under the bus! n/t

[teamster633]

10. He was playing gender politics by selling out to Elizabeth I.

[Squinch]

11. Out, out brief candle.