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The book The Shakespeare Stealer is about people who secretly watch live performances of Shakespeare and copy down the lines in cursive so other theater companies can perform the plays since there is no such thing as copyright. Is this historical? How did Shakespeare make money from his plays?

by /u/Elphinstone1842 in /r/AskHistorians

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