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The Globe Theatre was not only designed by actors and intended for actors but was also paid for by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, Shakespeare's acting company.
Shakespeare's plays were very popular with men and women.
No, they were played by all men. This tradition of men playing every role in a play was also seen in Elizabethan England - all the parts in Shakespeare's plays were played by men.
The King's Men were Shakespeare's acting group. He was one of the more prominent members.
Early n his career, Shakespeare may have worked for several different companies: Queen Elizabeth's Men, Pembroke's Men, Derby's Men, Strange's Men among them. They were all named for their noble patrons [sponsors]. In 1594, Shakespeare helped found a new company with Lord Hunsdon, the Lord Chamberlain of England as its patron, called The Lord Chamberlain's Men. In 1603, the company acquired a new patron, King James I, and became known as The King's Men.
Shakespeare was an actor and playwright in the Lord Chamberlain's Men who later became the King's Men. He was not in the Lord Admiral's Men.
No, women weren't allowed to act in plays in England prior to the 1660s. Men or boys played the women's roles.
men performed in Shakespeare's plays not women because men thought women weren't good enough
The acting company to which Shakespeare belonged for most of his working life was called The Lord Chamberlain's Men from 1594-1603, and The King's Men after that. Shakespeare was not the troupe's leader, but rather a partner.
There is no record of a riot at any performance of the Lord Chamberlain's/King's Men. There was a riot at the Swan theatre over a fake production called "England's Joy" set up by some conmen, but Shakespeare had nothing to do with that.
England had a famous war with Spain in which the Spanish attempted to invade England in 1588 when Shakespeare was 24. In the late 1590's the Earl of Essex attempted a coup d'etat which fell flat on its face. To get their hopes up they watched Shakespeare's Richard II. The Lord Chamberlain's Men were interrogated for their part in the affair, but eventually let go.