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Sonic the playwright (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 week ago

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