Scholars have no idea what might have influenced Shakespeare to take up a career as a writer. They can make a few vague speculations, but it is absolute fabrication to suggest that some specific event (like attending any festival) had any influence on this decision.
Yes! Shakespeare's name was really Shakespeare. His whole name was William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare had no middle name. His name was just William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare's full name was William Shakespeare. He didn't have a middle name.
Most people believe that Shakespeare's plays were written by Shakespeare, who was a documented real person, and whose playwriting abilities were praised by Ben Johnson among others. However, there are people who believe that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the plays and then used his name as a pseudonym. Key contenders are the noble art patron Edward de Vere Earl of Oxford and the educated lawyer, Francis Bacon.
Robbie Shakespeare's birth name is Robert Shakespeare.
John Shakespeare's birth name is John Shakespeare.
Shakespeare's name was William Shakespeare no matter who the monarch was.
Nicholas Shakespeare's birth name is Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare.
Shakespeare did not have a middle name. When you translate it from Latin it is William Shakespeare.
His name was William Shakespeare. No middle name.
The New York Shakespeare Festival, now called The Public Theater, calls its performances of Shakespeare in Central Park, "Shakespeare in the Park" although that name is used for outdoor Shakespeare productions around the world. NYSF put on Othello in 1964 with James Earl Jones in the title role. It would appear that Joseph Papp (the push behind the company) was the director, although the references are not clear.
William Shakespeare took great pride in his name.