What a piece of work is a man What a piece of work is a man "What a piece of work is man!" is a phrase within a soliloquy by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Hamlet is reflecting, at first admiringly, and then despairingly, on the human condition. The soliloquy, spoken in the play by Prince Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, Scene 2, follows in its entirety. Rather than appearing in blank verse, the typical mode of composition of Shakespeare's plays, the speech appears in straight prose: Hamlet is saying that although humans may appear to think and act "nobly"
A Man Called Gannon will destroy their grazing pasture. Beth seduces Jess into fighting the others, Gannon helps the neighboring ranchers put up barbed wire. A Man Called Gannon A Man Called Gannon is a 1968 American Technicolor Western film directed by James Goldstone starring Tony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin and Judi West. The film is a remake of "Man Without a Star" (1955). Cowboy Gannon (Tony Franciosa rescues Jess Washburn (Michael Sarrazin) from being run over by a train. Together, they got jobs at the ranch to Beth (Judi West), who has inherited her late husband's spread. Beth is determined to bring in a