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Some think he wrote for Queen Elizabeth The First. However, he did not dedicate any plays to her, and in fact wrote most of his plays after her death. Most of the plays were written with the primary intention of performing them in the public playhouse, not at court. Shakespeare had, for the most part, a much broader audience in mind than just the Queen and her courtiers. (an exception may be Love's Labour's Lost which is replete with erudite humour and artificial wordplay which would be more appreciated in court). Also, his motive was not to please the Queen (although it would be dangerous to displease her), but rather to sell lots of tickets and make lots of money, which he did.

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