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How is Shakespeare a 'writer', when he only wrote plays, which is their version of writing films. It is not suppose to be read but watched, beautiful words, but it's not to be 'read' in solitude but experienced as play.

>> No.14290475

>>14290473
>only wrote plays

kill yourself

>> No.14290478

>>14290473
Playwrights are writers

>> No.14290482

>>14290473
He is a player then. Therefore, a gamer.

>> No.14290483

>A closet drama is a play that is not intended to be performed onstage, but read by a solitary reader or sometimes out loud in a small group

>> No.14290490

>>14290473
>>>/v/

>> No.14290492

>>14290473
He's considered a writer because of the obvious literary craftsmanship witnessed in his plays. Be them acted aloud or read in solitude, his words are exceptional.

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>>14290473
>he only wrote plays

>> No.14290597

>>14290473
During his career the public began to read play scripts, which used to be guarded as valuable property of the theater companies. Sketchy publishers put out bootleg copies, the so called “bad quartos” and playwrights began publishing their work to try and stop the pirates. By the time Shakespeare’s friends published the First Folio a few years after his death, reading plays was common with the literary public.