FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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He worked as an actor
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He worked as a poet
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He worked as a director
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did Shakespeare do in London? From about 1590 to 1613, Shakespeare lived mainly in London and by 1592 was a well-known actor there. He was also a playwright. His play, Henry VI, was performed at the Rose theatre in 1592.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scholars believe Shakespeare might have played the title role in Edward I (a play by Edward Peele) in 1593. It is also assumed that Shakespeare played many roles in a variety of his own plays, including Macbeth (King Duncan), As You Like It (Adam), Henry IV (King Henry), and Hamlet (the Ghost of Hamlet’s father).
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare was involved in many aspects of London’s professional theatrical world. 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -2. London. By 1592, aged 28, Shakespeare was in London and already established as both an actor and a dramatist.