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But it was. Theatre was very popular in Ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Though much less sophisticated, drama was always popular in the middle ages.
It wasn't until the sixteenth century, however, that drama in England really found its feet and became a true art form. And all the while it increased in popularity. This trend didn't start with Shakespeare. Most of the most influencial trends in Elizabethan drama started before Shakespeare was involved with the theatre. Blank verse drama started with Gorbuduc, written at about the time of Shakespeare's birth, and comedy structures were evolving with Gammer Gerton's Needle and Ralph Roister Doister at about the same time. The first purpose-built theatres were built when Shakespeare was a schoolboy. The most popular tragedy of the time was written before Shakespeare wrote a word. Shakespeare and his generation of playwrights like Middleton, Dekker, Jonson and Heywood built on the foundations that had been laid over the previous thirty years or so.
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