Afaik more than a few of Shakespeare’s stories come from contemporary plays, he just retold them in his own manner.
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Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Romeo & Juliet was based on Tristan & Isolde
10 Things I Hate About You was based on The Taming of the Shrew
Clueless was based on Emma
“Immature artists imitate, mature artists steal.”
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Nemo@slrpnk.net 21 hours ago
That was the only one I knew offhand, but yeah, his schtick was writing rhyming dialogue for existing stories.
cdf12345@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
I mean the Title of 10 things even rhymes with its source material’s name.