Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 23:45:57 GMT
...Copyright didn't exist back then. The playhouses owned the plays Shakespeare wrote. The plays weren't Shakespeare's to give in his will. And for the most part, Shakespeare's plays weren't thought to be the best thing since sliced bread when he was alive. They were looked at pretty the same way blockbuster movies viewed now: entertaining and well-made, but just that. He only became "the greatest writer like eva!" after he died. Back when he was alive, he was just a guy doing his job at the theater company he worked for.
Dear Lord, have these people never heard about being vindicated by history?
Dear Lord, have these people never heard about being vindicated by history?