Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 20:12:09 GMT
Mar 29, 2017 19:40:06 GMT @weirdraptor said:
Tearing that claim apart is going to be so satisfying. So, tell me, colden, what do you know about writing a new play for a specific theater company?In Shakespeare's case, he was also an actor and a manager at the theater, which gives him especially intimate knowledge of the company's assets. To expand on that, the playwright would have to know the numbers in the company's budget, earnings, and know their chances of getting more funds if need be. They would have to take stock on pre-existing costumes, sets, and props, and IF the company could make or purchase anything new for the play. The parts were written for specific actors with specific strengths and weaknesses, so the playwright would have worked closely with them for many years and be familiar with them to cast them correctly. The writer also had to know what their usual customers liked to see at their theater, another thing specifically about their company to take into account.
So far, the requirements compiled are:
-knowing the budget, earnings, and prospects of attaining more funding
-knowing the actors
-knowing the technical aspects in and out
-knowing the audience
So what happens if a play is written by an outsider who doesn't have this very specific wealth of knowledge? A play that has to be tossed out or heavily re-written by the people who work there until it fits within their capabilities. The assumption that someone else wrote Shakespeare's plays for him creates more busywork and hoops to jump through than the simplest and most logical conclusion: William Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare.