By the time Shakespeare was twenty-five, Lyly, Peele, and Greene had made comedies that were at once popular and literary; Kyd had written a tragedy that crowded the pit.

当莎士比亚25岁时，黎里，皮尔和格林已创作出雅俗共赏的喜剧，基德也已写出让剧场座无虚席的悲剧。