What made Shakespeare's plays different from previous dramatic works?

Bacon wrote them.

There's no proof.

Not a lot, to be honest.

Shakespeare's plots are generally borrowed or adapted; his subject
matter and themes are as old as the hills; the dramatic and verse
forms decidedly unoriginal.

It's just that Shakespeare was *better* at it than his predecessors
and contemporaries.

nicely said

Shakespeare was different in the universality of his works and the way
he was good at everything- he basicaslly combines every great
Elizabethan author into one. He understood life and human nature, and
knew how to bring it to the stage (all the world is a stage). He also
made the contribution of over 1700 words and phrases to the English
language. i mean this stuff counts, right? i really need some help
here.

To be honest, kristin, I suspect many researchers are shy of this
question because it's only priced at $2. I would love to answer it
properly (I'm an English teacher and can talk about Shakespeare until
I'm blue in the face) but I'm loth to do so at such a low price.

thats ok, i dont need anymore help cuz i already handed in a 6 page
paper on it and hopefully i won't have to bother with Shakespeare for
awhile.