William Shakespeare was always a writer. Before he became a playwright in London, he attended grammar school, got married and became a father. He was an actor before he started writing plays, since he had to understand the theatre before writing plays. We don't know when he started writing poetry.Before he was a professional writer, we assume that he must have started as an actor or at least a stage hand, since his first works we know of were plays, and you cannot write plays without understanding the practical problems of the theatre.
John Fletcher. Fletcher was an established playwright before he became the main playwright for the King's Men, having written a number of very clever plays in collaboration with Francis Beaumont, mostly for the Boys of the Chapel, who performed in the Blackfriars Theatre before the King's Men got hold of it.
No, of course not. They were writing stage plays in ancient Greece 2000 years before Shakespeare. The Romans wrote plays as well. Shakespeare was not even the first English playwright. Not counting Morality plays such as Everyman, which were written centuries before, plays like Ralph Roister Doister, Gammer Gurton's Needle and Gorboduc were written when Shakespeare was a child. The entire theatrical output of Christopher Marlowe, an undeniably great playwright whose plays are performed even nowadays, was written before Shakespeare had written anything of significance.
He probably started acting before he started writing plays. He published some poetry (Venus and Adonis) pretty early in his career so he may have been writing other things before he got going on plays.
He was an actor. He performed in plays for over twenty years. He was a businessman. He had an interest in two theatres and the theatre company he belonged to. He invested in land and made loans to people. He was a writer. Most of his writing he did for the theatre company, but he also sold his poetry on the side.
William Shakespeare was an actor before he became a playwright and poet. He was also involved in the business side of theatre as a shareholder in the Globe Theatre.
Not the playwright. He was dead long before baseball was thought of. Maybe another William Shakespeare who had particularly nasty parents.
William Shakespeare was always a writer. Before he became a playwright in London, he attended grammar school, got married and became a father. He was an actor before he started writing plays, since he had to understand the theatre before writing plays. We don't know when he started writing poetry.Before he was a professional writer, we assume that he must have started as an actor or at least a stage hand, since his first works we know of were plays, and you cannot write plays without understanding the practical problems of the theatre.
Greek playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes were writing plays over 1800 years before Shakespeare was born. The Greek actor/playwright Thespis is credited with being the first actor and the first playwright around 535 BCE (BC).
John Fletcher. Fletcher was an established playwright before he became the main playwright for the King's Men, having written a number of very clever plays in collaboration with Francis Beaumont, mostly for the Boys of the Chapel, who performed in the Blackfriars Theatre before the King's Men got hold of it.
William Shakespear had numerous occupations before he became a well known poet.
No, of course not. They were writing stage plays in ancient Greece 2000 years before Shakespeare. The Romans wrote plays as well. Shakespeare was not even the first English playwright. Not counting Morality plays such as Everyman, which were written centuries before, plays like Ralph Roister Doister, Gammer Gurton's Needle and Gorboduc were written when Shakespeare was a child. The entire theatrical output of Christopher Marlowe, an undeniably great playwright whose plays are performed even nowadays, was written before Shakespeare had written anything of significance.
They are not really unique. There are many many plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries, many of which are better than the worst of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare was just one of a large number of people writing plays. But what history has shown is that Shakespeare, when he was on his game, was a far better playwright than any of his contemporaries and anyone else before or since. He was not unique, but he was and is the best.
He probably started acting before he started writing plays. He published some poetry (Venus and Adonis) pretty early in his career so he may have been writing other things before he got going on plays.
He was an actor. He performed in plays for over twenty years. He was a businessman. He had an interest in two theatres and the theatre company he belonged to. He invested in land and made loans to people. He was a writer. Most of his writing he did for the theatre company, but he also sold his poetry on the side.
The person that wrote Romeo and Juliet is William Shakespeare.
The company was The Lord Chamberlain's Men until 1603 when they became The King's Men.