Shakespeare has been in the news lately. Many authors are forgotten as time goes on, but Shakespeare is debated, copied, and celebrated year after year. It's a testament to the quality of his writing, and of course, a considerable achievement for someone who died 400 years ago. I sometimes wonder why Shakespeare has endured while so many of his contemporaries are forgotten, many of their manuscripts lost to time. Shakespeare was fond of borrowing elements from Thomas Kyd's works - try reading...
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