William Shakespeare was not rich but was reasonably well-to-do.
He was well-off but not rich.
he was very rich he was very rich.
They were comfortably well off, but not rich.
um...the rich
high flyers
No, more middle class.
He got rich and famous.
No, Shapespeare's parents were not rich and famous. John Shakespeare was a successful glover, wool merchant, and local politician until he fell on hard times and possibly became alcoholic.
Most actors today are not very rich. They are struggling along with bit parts and dinner theatres, and supplementing their income by being waiters and waitresses. It was the same in Shakespeare's day. Some actors and actresses these days can get very rich indeed, but the same could happen in Shakespeare's day. Richard Burbage and Edward Alleyn were quite well-to-do and Shakespeare did not do badly. Perhaps they were not spectacularly rich, but in order to do that back then, you pretty much had to be royalty or closely connected with the royalty.
She came from a prosperous farming family.
I didn't know he started. Smoking was a new thing in Shakespeare's day, and most popular among the rich, who could afford it.