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SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST
Change of hands Author writes a play and sells it to
an acting company
a publisher
who prepare it for production (often making cuts)
who prepares it for printing (often introducing errors)
who then send it to
who then sends it to
the Master of the Revels
the Clerical Deputies of the Archbishop of Canterbury (until 1606); the Master of the Revels (after 1606)
who censors and licenses it
who licenses it for printing
for a performance.
and the play is then entered into the Stationers’ Register.
If a company then decides to print a play to raise money it sends it to
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