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John Fletcher 1579-1625 MORE THAN ONE PERSON

Thomas Middleton “Intellectual property” or 1580-1627 “copyright” was not a widely recognized concept; many playwrights, companies, and playhouse managers often copied Francis Beaumont each other’s works. 1584-1616 THEATRE TROUPES AT THE TIME of © group the The Lord Admiral’s Men | 1570 - 1604 tes “Un deno speare’s The Lord Strange’s Men 1580 - 1594 iversity wits” Shake ts in The Lord Chamberlain’s Men 1594 - 1603 Oxbr righ idge-educated playw The Queen Elizabeth’s Men 1583 - 1594

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COLLABORATIONS COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER PLAYWRIGHTS RANGED from minimal additions, such as revisions or added scenes, TO MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE HALF OF A PLAY

Play Collaborator(s)

Henry VIII John Fletcher

Macbeth Thomas Middleton computer analysis suggests that Shakespeare wrote Pericles George Wilkins Timon of Athens Thomas Middleton % Titus Andronicus George Peele ONLY 40 Thomas Kyd, OF EDWARD III Edward III Christopher Marlowe or George Peele

All’s Well That Ends Well Thomas Middleton

Measure for Measure Thomas Middleton

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