******  I'm not sure "poetic license" is the appropriate term but it's
nice to see somebody point out that these loose reworkings of
historical fact are nothing new.  Shakespeare and the other
Elizabethans were masters at this (cf Marlowe's Edward II and Jarman's
film version).  And the number of operas on historical subjects is
pretty staggering.  LT
 
 
 
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>Is there a significant difference between the "poetic license"
Shakespeare
>used in writing the "history" he titled "Richard III" and the "poetic
>license" Oliver Stone  used in writing the "history" he titled
"Nixon"?
>
>I appreciate any and all suggestions.
>
>Peter S. Latham
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