Did William Shakespeare write for kids or adults?

Answer 1

He wrote for a broad audience. Very young children will not understand some of the situations, particularly in a play like Othello or Troilus and Cressida, although six-year-olds will happily watch the plays for the swordfights and other action sequences, and even to enjoy the sound of the words. Children that age pick up Shakespeare's style of language remarkably quickly. There is very little in Shakespeare which will confuse or alarm the average 13-year-old or older. Did Shakespeare write for 13-year olds? Well, sure, if they could pay for a ticket. In fact, a significant portion of the groundlings were 'prentices, some of whom would have been in their early teens