ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -By 1592, aged 28, Shakespeare was in London and already established as both an actor and a dramatist. He is first mentioned as a man of the theatre by the poet and dramatist Robert Greene, in Greenes, Groats-Worth of Witte published that year.

Detailed explanation-2: -Starting around 1600, by which time Shakespeare’s company had moved into the Globe Theatre in London, Shakespeare embarked on writing his well-known tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was an actor, a playwright, and a shareholder in an acting company known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which became the King’s Men when James I became king in 1603. His plays were performed on professional stages owned by his company–first the Theatre, and then, after 1599, the Globe.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was a sharer (part-owner) of a theatre company called The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. And from 1599, he was part-owner of the Globe Theatre. So, for about twenty years, he made money from acting, writing and running a theatre company.