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All of Shakespeare's plays have five acts.
All Shakespeare's plays, including the tragedies, have five acts.
Shakespeare's plays as a rule contain five acts, including Henry V.
The editors of Shakespeare's plays mostly arranged them into five acts following Ancient Greek patterns. There is no reason to suppose that Shakespeare intended his plays to be performed as five separate acts (in fact, there is good reason to suppose he didn't). The five acts is just an editors' convention. dramatic WORKS not novels : )
All of Shakespeare's plays were divided into 5 acts, each act with a different number of scenes.
All of Shakespeare's plays have five acts.
shakespeare usually had plays of 5 acts each with 5 scenes
All Shakespeare's plays, including the tragedies, have five acts.
All Shakespeare plays, sad or happy or neither, have five acts.
Shakespeare's plays as a rule contain five acts, including Henry V.
Most of Shakespeare's plays were arranged into five acts by the editors who eventually published them. (Shakespeare was probably not involved in publishing any of his own plays). There is no evidence that Shakespeare deliberately wrote his plays to have five acts - in fact there is quite a lot of evidence that he didn't.
All of Shakespeare's plays have five acts.
Shakespeare did not write in acts, none of the quartos are divided into acts. This can be validated by looking at the original quartos in the British Library site. This is a product of editing for the first portfolio.
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The editors of Shakespeare's plays mostly arranged them into five acts following Ancient Greek patterns. There is no reason to suppose that Shakespeare intended his plays to be performed as five separate acts (in fact, there is good reason to suppose he didn't). The five acts is just an editors' convention. dramatic WORKS not novels : )
The editors of Shakespeare's plays mostly arranged them into five acts following Ancient Greek patterns. There is no reason to suppose that Shakespeare intended his plays to be performed as five separate acts (in fact, there is good reason to suppose he didn't). The five acts is just an editors' convention. dramatic WORKS not novels : )