FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
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an afluent glove maker
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an affluent glove maker
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an afluent hat maker
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an affluent glove hat
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Detailed explanation-1: -William’s father, John Shakespeare, was an affluent glove maker, tanner and wool dealer who owned property in Stratford. For a number of years he played a prominent role in the municipal life of the town. He served on the town council and was elected bailiff (mayor).
Detailed explanation-2: -Alongside his fatherly and civic roles, John kept a trade as one of the 22 glovemakers in Stratford. Gloves were in high demand in Tudor England for practical uses as well as markers of status for the elite, and the government protected the trade from foreign competition.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -John Shakespeare was an ambitious man; not content with a life of farming he moved to the urban centre of Stratford before 1552 as an apprentice glover and tanner of leathers. John Shakespeare prospered and began to deal in farm products and wool.
Detailed explanation-5: -William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.