Last blog, I noted that Thu-Huon Ha, on Feb. 8, 2018, on the internet, published an article he wrote, saying that scholars long have accepted that Shakespeare’s plays often featured plots and characters “borrowed,” from others, but also elevated in quality via Shakespeare’s own writing. What apparently is new is previously undiscovered connections to both the similar language and matching context of some of Shakespeare’s “borrowing.”
I then pointed out that Shakespeare wasn’t worried about copyrights or his legacy, neither of which existed at that time. Instead, he was concerned about getting the new play together on time for his company of actors. In contrast, ...