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Shakespeare stole this story

posted 8 years ago by electrictroy
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It was written by Luigi da Porto, who based it on his own unrequited love:

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[–] Sequentialist 8 years ago

All play writes did that.

Pretty basic story anyway.

[–] Enrique-8 7 years ago

Old story about a very old story that was older than you think.

Enrique Sanchez

[–] elena-28 7 years ago

You can go back at least as far as Pyramis and Thisbe.

[–] AP (5256) 6 years ago

and that play was reference din A Midsummer's Night Dream, so Shakespeare was open about his influences.

[–] kwestmo (4114) 4 years ago

There's a caving painting in France that tells the same story

[–] kwestmo (4114) 4 years ago

The origin of the story of the two unlucky lovers is disputed, however Da Porto probably took the inspiration from a tale by Masuccio Salernitano called Mariotto e Ganozza, introducing many modern elements reprised by Shakespeare's drama.