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Shakespeare in His Time

To the famous avian descriptions of Shakespeare as "upstart crow" and "swan of Avon" should we add "superb magpie"? How far is Shakespeare’s immediate success due to his clever manipulation of other writers' innovations, and what is it about his work that appeals to his contemporaries and beyond?