One In Ones Time

Music by Joe Partridge

Texts by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Developed with support from Arts Council England during the 2020 lockdown, One in One’s Time is a song cycle setting Shakespeare’s words to new, original music. The piece reimagines some of the playwright’s most celebrated speeches and soliloquies — from As You Like It and Macbeth to King Lear and Twelfth Night — through an intimate, contemporary art song lens.

At its core lies the “All the world’s a stage” monologue from As You Like It, around which the cycle unfolds — exploring time, identity, performance, and the fragile boundaries between actor and audience.

Songs

Friends, Romans, Countrymen

– Julius Caesar

How Now! Who Calls?

- Romeo & Juliet

My Mistress with a Monster is in Love

– A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Run, Run, Orlando

– As You Like It

Once More Unto the Breach

– Henry V

Time for Such a Word

– Macbeth

When That I Was

– Twelfth Night

I Stumbled When I Saw

– King Lear

My Poor Fool

– King Lear

All the World’s a Stage

– As You Like It

One in One’s Time exists as a collection of demo recordings and notated scores, with plans underway for a live performance and recording project.