How Has Shakespeare Changed Over Time

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Shakespeare's plays have been produced for many centuries now. The time it has been done has changed but the words and the feelings in the play have not. Shakespeare was a famous play writer in Queen Elizabeth's time. Many of the things he would put in his plays where influenced on Queen Elizabeth's ways. Now a day when the play is re produced they try and capture that influence and try to relate as much as possible. From Characters to the feelings while producing the play many things are different than they were in Shakespeare's time.
A difference between Shakespeare's time and now is the sets and setting. In Shakespeare day they used all natural lighting. This meant the play was done outside, the whole play had to be done right, no intermissions,

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