How did shakespeare acquire most of his wealth?

Answer 1

Not by acting or by writing plays, but by being a sharer or partner in the acting company. He may have got his initial cash boost to buy into the company from the sale of his poem Venus and Adonis.

Answer 2

William Shakespeare was a playwright with many successful plays. He put on shows that drew paying people to his productions.

Answer 3

Shakespeare became rich by working as an actor during the Elizabethan Era.

Answer 4

Mostly by being a partner in a successful company of players and the co-owner of a theatre or two. Not by writing plays, although he did make some good money out of his poem Venus and Adonis.