Editing Sejanus His Fall (section)

==Influence on Shakespeare==
John-Mark Philo has suggested that Shakespeare's experience with acting in ''Sejanus'' and its unfavourable reception may have influenced him in writing his ''[[Othello]]'', also written in 1603 and performed by the same theatre company, the [[King's Men (playing company)|King's Men]]. The two plays have "similar plot devices, characterisation, opportunities for audience interaction and ... shared phrasing that doesn't appear anywhere else in Shakespeare's work".<ref name=alberge>{{Cite news |title=Shakespeare inspired to write Othello after being booed off stage |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=27 August 2022 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/27/shakespeare-inspired-to-write-othello-after-being-booed-off-stage}}</ref><ref name=philo>{{cite book | last=Philo | first=John-Mark | title=[[Shakespeare Survey]]|volume= 75 |chapter=Ben Jonson's Sejanus And Shakespeare's Othello: Two Plays Performed By The King's Men In 1603 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | date=24 August 2022| doi=10.1017/9781009245845.009 | pages=122–136| isbn=9781009245845 }}</ref>