FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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actor
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glovemaker
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare’s father was known to be a glovemaker, but he also worked as a wool-dealer and informal money-lender, occupations that got him in trouble with the law. Government informers accused him of illegal activity in those trades between the years of 1569 and 1572.
Detailed explanation-2: -His father was a craftsman, and William Shakespeare probably helped his father in the glove workshop, so he would have learned the trade of a glove maker himself. And he also managed to get quite a lot of references into his plays about gloves and leather making.
Detailed explanation-3: -For more than two decades, Shakespeare had multiple roles in the London theater as an actor, playwright, and, in time, a business partner in a major acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (renamed the King’s Men in 1603).
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1588 he was given the position of Borough Constable, and from there progressed to Burgess and Chamberlain. At that stage he was enjoying the title ‘Goodman Shakespeare. ‘ He became an Alderman – a town councillor – in the year that his eldest son was born.