His first job was to hold horses for people when they went into the theatre to watch a play
He got a job in the theatre business.
He actually wrote plays. He didn't do the acting. Actually no, he did do the acting, and was well known for it, but it is believed that his playwriting activities kept him from taking on really strenuous roles. Unfortunately we do not know from contemporary sources exacly which roles he played. Why did he do it? It was his job. That's how he made his money--running a theatre (along with a bunch of other guys).
The first we hear of Shakespeare being associated with the theatre is in 1592, by which time he was already established as a playwright. We have absolutely no knowledge of what he did in the previous seven years.
Of course. It was his job. He was the house playwright for the theatre group he belonged to, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later the King's Men.
His first job was to hold horses for people when they went into the theatre to watch a play
Because there were more job opportunities in London, and that was where the main theatre was.
He got a job in the theatre business.
He actually wrote plays. He didn't do the acting. Actually no, he did do the acting, and was well known for it, but it is believed that his playwriting activities kept him from taking on really strenuous roles. Unfortunately we do not know from contemporary sources exacly which roles he played. Why did he do it? It was his job. That's how he made his money--running a theatre (along with a bunch of other guys).
Not a thing. He was not even in charge of the theatre. He was just a shmo who did his job, and did it very well indeed.
The first we hear of Shakespeare being associated with the theatre is in 1592, by which time he was already established as a playwright. We have absolutely no knowledge of what he did in the previous seven years.
Shakespeare wrote plays because it was part of his job. A good play put bums on seats, which meant more money for the partners in the theatre company putting on the play (Shakespeare was one of them) as well as more money for the owners of the theatre building (Shakespeare was one of them also). All of Shakespeare's plays were written to make money for Shakespeare.
Of course. It was his job. He was the house playwright for the theatre group he belonged to, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later the King's Men.
Some of the jobs people would do are: - Actors (no actresses) - Orchestra - Lights - cleaning up after and all that sort of stuff
Women were not used in his plays because in the times he was from it was a womans job to be a preformer so women were not allowed to act so he wrote his plays around that fact.
Shakespeare was also an actor.
What Shakespeare did in London was that he became an actor. He may have joined one of the theatrical companies Pembroke's Men, Lord Strange's Men, or Derby's Men. In any case he was a charter member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men which formed in 1594. As a member of this company he wrote plays and acted in them.