• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    Its not like those are all original ideas though. Romeo and Juliet is the poem “The tragical history of Romeus and Juliet” just tweaked into a play.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      Sure. Half of Shakespeare’s work is adoption or embellishments on Greek myth and British folklore.

      But we get a blockbuster every year or three that’s just King Lear with the serial numbers filed off