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Why did the playwrights choose to use fictitious names for the characters in their play?

They were unsure about the legal liability of using the real names for their characters.
They just like to make up names.
They wanted to protect the identity of people they were writing about.
They were unsure of the proper names of the actual people.

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They wanted to protect the identity of people they were writing about
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Answer:

They wanted to protect the identity of people they were writing about. They were unsure about the legal liability of using the real names for their characters.

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