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* Almost all of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays are based on pre-existing works, legends, and historical figures. Out of all his plays, only ''[[The Tempest]]'' seems to lack a specific source.

** ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' was an adaptation of an Italian narrative poem called ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'', which had been translated into English about thirty years before Shakespeare's play. The poem's basic story is itself very similar to [[Ovid]]'s "Pyramus and Thisbe" in ''[[The Metamorphoses]]'' from [[Classical Mythology]].

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