-In the Elizabethan era, it was common for writers to work together or borrow from one another, though some say they stole from each other.
- Shakespeare’s Othello is based off of Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi a collection of stories published in 1565, while Othello was first performed in 1604.
-The two stories have the exact same plot but Shakespeare compresses the time for the purpose of the play and also adds in more supporting characters.
-Out of Shakespeare’s 37+ playwrights, only 4 cannot be traced to any previously written works.
-There are allegations that Shakespeare’s plays were actually written by other writers like Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe but during the Elizabethan era people loved gossip and mystery so a secret
- Shakespeare’s Othello is based off of Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi a collection of stories published in 1565, while Othello was first performed in 1604.
-The two stories have the exact same plot but Shakespeare compresses the time for the purpose of the play and also adds in more supporting characters.
-Out of Shakespeare’s 37+ playwrights, only 4 cannot be traced to any previously written works.
-There are allegations that Shakespeare’s plays were actually written by other writers like Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe but during the Elizabethan era people loved gossip and mystery so a secret