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In reply to the discussion: Having a few cold ones with Will Shakespeare. Ask us anything. [View all]Aristus
(66,316 posts)13. Will says: "Never finished it, lad".
"I penned a foul paper" - what Will calls a rough draft - "and showed to Henslowe and the lads, but we couldn't make a go of it. Henslowe just marked it down to pad the repertory. If the playgoers thought we had more plays than The Swan or The Rose, they 'ould drop their coins in our box office."
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Ask him if he really wrote all those plays, or if he bought a few or had ghostwriters.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
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