Shakespeares Sonette: Sonnet 20

“Shakespeares Sonette“ by Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright at the Berliner Ensemble, 2009 Sonnet 20 A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted, Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion; A woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women’s fashion: An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; A man in hue all hues in his controlling, Which steals men’s eyes and women’s souls amazeth. And for a woman wert thou first c