Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1885 — Shakspeare a Plagiarist. [ARTICLE]

Shakspeare a Plagiarist.

“Did you read my tragedy?” anxiously inquired a seedy would-be dramatist. “Yes, part of it,” replied the manager, shortly. “What do you think of it?” “I think yoft ’stole it from Shakspeare.” “I’m d—d if I did; I don’t know him ncr never heard of him. ” “Well, it reads a great deal like Shakspeare’s ‘Macbeth.’ ” “Then, by thunder, that fellow stole his play from mine, and don’t you forget it”—Brooklyn Times.