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Shakespeare only ever published his poems Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece in 1593 and 1594 respectively. He was not responsible for the publications of his plays which were either pirate copies or published by his acting company. Shakespeare never claimed publication rights in his plays and never published them.

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