[Shaun J. Russell]

Originally Posted by N. Matheson

Not all poetry is going to be an interrgoation of the human condition. Shakespeare wrote plays more than anything. They're scripts. They're characters describing things happening because they had almost no sets. And if someone was stabbed, they have to explain that to you because the idea of showing not telling in acting didn't exist yet.

Sorry, N., but this is patently incorrect. No sets? Someone tell Inigo Jones, famous for his Renaissance set design! Showing not telling in acting didn't exist? I guess dumb shows weren't a thing! Let's not let assumptions about what Renaissance theater looked like get in the way of facts.