Stage | The Guardian: He was one of the most celebrated English playwrights of the 16th century, yet none of his plays survived, and today the name of Thomas Watson is virtually unknown. Now the writer, poet and pioneer of the English madrigal – who also saved the life of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in a street brawl – is being seen in a new light.
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There has always a little bit of skepticism regarding the originality of Shakespeare's work, as he was influenced by so many people and it is very difficult to find any sort of record due to the timer period in which he worked. However, I think that this is such an interesting discovery which proves that even Shakespeare was influenced by another artist. This article describes Watson as someone who was incredibly connected in "London's Literary Scene", and knew Shakespeare at the beginning of Shakespeare's career which provides an explanation for Shakespeare's early work, as they probably were collaborators. He also paved the way for Tragedies as a whole in commercial theatres, which was obviously created a market for the plays in which Shakespeare wrote. Like Shakespeare, he also had a sense of humor and wrote stories with intertwining plot lines and gender-bending characters, which was also similar to Shakespeares' work. Elena Keogh
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