FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
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He moved to London to begin his acting career.
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He wrote “Romeo and Juliet”
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He married his wife, Anne.
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He quit acting and writing plays for good.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later known as the King’s Men.
Detailed explanation-2: -Others speculate that he was employed as a lawyer’s clerk or became a soldier. It is also possible that he joined one of the companies of players which visited Stratford in the late 1580s. He may also have been living in Stratford, and helping out with the family business.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Early modern London was an expanding metropolis filled with diverse life, from courtiers, merchants and artisans to prostitutes, beggars and cutpurses.
Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare started his career as a teacher in in a town near Stratford after his children were born and in 1588 moved to London. He started writing plays and acting in 1592 when he left his family in Stratford to join a company of actors.