He was also an actor.
Poet
Shakespeare did not necessarily do anything different from anybody else, but he did a number of things better. Had Marlowe lived, there may have been a close rivalry between them as far as the preeminent playwright was concerned. Shakespeare managed to profit from his acting, playwrighting, and ownership in the acting company, and the two theaters in which they performed, as well as real estate deals back home in Stratford, on top of writing his sonnets and mentoring young playwrights to succeed him.
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=== === There is no record of Shakespeare having any children other than the three he had with Anne Hathaway.
You mean his epitaph I suspect. Someone other than Shakespeare wrote it. Possibly his daughter.
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Hamlet. There are more than twice as many adaptations of Hamlet than of any other single Shakespeare play.
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Is it legal for a principal and counselor to meet with other than a parent or legal guardian about a student without permission of the parent
About half a million different people, over the years, have written books about Shakespeare. One of the best is Bill Bryson's biography of Shakespeare which, among many other excellent features, totally debunks the idea that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the plays.
More of Shakespeare's plays are based on Holinshed's Chronicles than any other work.
This allows for creativity from the performers.