FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
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They believe there are more potential audience members for their plays.
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The area is closer to the actors’ homes.
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They have a dispute with the land owner, who wants control of The Theatre.
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The river makes it easier for the patrons to travel to and from the theatre.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Lord Chamberlain’s Men was a company of actors, or a “playing company” (as it then would likely have been described), for which Shakespeare wrote during most of his career. Richard Burbage played most of the lead roles, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thereafter, it was known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, until the accession of James I in March 1603, when, by letters patent, it was taken under royal patronage and henceforth known as the King’s Men.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lord Chamberlain’s Men (or King’s Men) The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, also called the Chamberlain’s Men, were a theatrical playing company with which William Shakespeare was associated for most of his professional life. It was the most popular company of players in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
Detailed explanation-4: -Disaster struck the Globe in 1613. On 29 June, at a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, some small cannons were fired. They didn’t use cannon balls, but they did use gunpowder held down by wadding. A piece of burning wadding set fire to the thatch.