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If you believed the movie Shakespeare in Love, you might think that Shakespeare was having an affair with a married woman and he was just trying to express how he felt by writing tragedies to symbolise a forbidden love. However, Shakespeare in Love is totally fictional and does not accurately represent the creation of Romeo and Juliet. Besides, how would Shakespeare having an affair be the motive for writing Coriolanus? Or Richard III?
No, the prosaic truth is that Shakespeare, like all scriptwriters, was in it for the money. Before he belonged to a company, he could sell his scripts for a little cash; after he joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men, his scripts helped bring in the crowds, which meant a bigger box office and more money for Shakespeare.
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∙ 12y agoIf you believed the movie Shakespeare in Love, you might think that Shakespeare was having an affair with a married woman and he was just trying to express how he felt by writing tragedies to symbolise a forbidden love. However, Shakespeare in Love is totally fictional and does not accurately represent the creation of Romeo and Juliet. Besides, how would Shakespeare having an affair be the motive for writing Coriolanus? Or Richard III?
No, the prosaic truth is that Shakespeare, like all scriptwriters, was in it for the money. Before he belonged to a company, he could sell his scripts for a little cash; after he joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men, his scripts helped bring in the crowds, which meant a bigger box office and more money for Shakespeare.
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Were Shakespeare's plays originally written in latin?
No they were not.
Are Shakespeare's plays written in verses?
Yes Shakespeare's plays were written in verses.
In William shakespeare what is the globe?
the Globe is the theatre at which most of his plays were originally performed
Shakespeare's plays are mostly written in?
prose
Were Shakespeare's plays written to educate scholars or to entertainment?
All of Shakespeare's plays were written exclusively to entertain his audiences, although the history plays did inform them (and also misinform them) incidentally. Shakespeare did not have a moral or intellectual agenda in his plays, which is why they are so good.
Were Shakespeare's plays originally written in latin?
No they were not.
Are Shakespeare's plays written in verses?
Yes Shakespeare's plays were written in verses.
Did people speak the what they do in Shakespeare's plays?
All of the plays of William Shakespeare were written in English.
Who was A Midsummer Night's Dream written for?
As with all Shakespeare plays, they were written for Shakespeare's acting company.
Who was midsummers night dream written for?
As with all Shakespeare plays, they were written for Shakespeare's acting company.
In William shakespeare what is the globe?
the Globe is the theatre at which most of his plays were originally performed
Shakespeare's plays are mostly written in?
prose
Were Shakespeare's plays written to educate scholars or to entertainment?
All of Shakespeare's plays were written exclusively to entertain his audiences, although the history plays did inform them (and also misinform them) incidentally. Shakespeare did not have a moral or intellectual agenda in his plays, which is why they are so good.
How many acts were written in Shakespeare's plays?
five
Who performed at the globe thearter?
They performed plays written by Shakespeare.
What are Shakespeare's characteristics?
William Shakespeare is a popular poet, who wrote plays and poetry. Shakespeare's works were often written in an iambic pentameter.
Did william shakespeare write the first stage play?
No, of course not. They were writing stage plays in ancient Greece 2000 years before Shakespeare. The Romans wrote plays as well. Shakespeare was not even the first English playwright. Not counting Morality plays such as Everyman, which were written centuries before, plays like Ralph Roister Doister, Gammer Gurton's Needle and Gorboduc were written when Shakespeare was a child. The entire theatrical output of Christopher Marlowe, an undeniably great playwright whose plays are performed even nowadays, was written before Shakespeare had written anything of significance.
