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Money. Many people forget that Shakespeare wrote his long poems in order to make some spare cash, and that he wrote his plays because it was his job in the theatrical company he worked in. The sonnets were more for personal pleasure and for his friends (so said Francis Meres in 1597)

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Did anyone famous see Shakespeare's plays?

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