Or maybe since he was an early written source for low culture, he is just the first attested source because we didn’t print out what plebs were talking about prior to that?
I think thats more likely. Like an influencer saying 67. Didnt invent it so much as just said shit he picked up by hanging out with the local drama kids and their friends. He was just trying to fit in and stay hip for the sake of his art and influence.
Fun fact: his plays weren’t published. People wrote down his plays from the audience, which was illegal, and that’s the only reason we know what they were. Pirates. No official surviving screenplays existed, they were all kept secret to keep people from stealing them, and were lost.
This is very interesting, anymore stuff about this to read somewhere?
unfortunately the person you’re replying to is talking out of their ass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_texts_of_Shakespeare's_works
His plays were only published after his death so he wasn’t around for the editors to ask questions.
