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There is no reliable reason to believe that Shakespeare wrote to the order of any monarch. There is an anecdote that Queen Elizabeth, after having seen Henry IV, asked Shakespeare to write a play about Falstaff in love, whereupon he wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor. This anecdote was first recorded in 1702 but if true it would not have been unheard of for a hundred years after the event. It is much more likely to be a romantic and fanciful fiction.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoEven though his theatrical company was sponsored by king James the first, Shakespeare did not write his plays for the king. He wrote them for the company, who kept the scripts and the exclusive right to perform them, to the profit of the shareholders in the company (of which Shakespeare was one). The king got nothing out of Shakespeare's plays. They might be performed for the king at court, or not.
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∙ 13y agoAlmost all of Shakespeare's plays involve rulers of some kind (Merry Wives of Windsor is one of the few that doesn't) Some of the rulers that appear in Shakespeare's plays are:
King of England (Lear, Cymbeline, John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Edwad V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII)
King of France (Philip in King John, Charles VI in Henry V, also in Henry VI, King Lear and All's Well that Ends Well)
Duke of Burgundy (in Henry VI Part I)
King of Naples (Alonso in The Tempest)
Duke of Milan (Antonio in The Tempest, in Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Duke of Vienna (Vincentio in Measure for Measure)
Duke of Ephesus (Solinus in Comedy of Errors)
Prince of Aragon (Pedro in Much Ado about Nothing)
King of Navarre (Ferdinand in Love's Labour's Lost)
Duke of Athens (Theseus in Midsummer Night's Dream and Two Noble Kinsmen)
Duke of Venice (in Merchant of Venice and Othello)
Duke of Florence (in All's Well)
King of Sicily (Leontes in Winter's Tale)
King of Bohemia (Polixenes in Winter's Tale)
King of Troy (Priam in Troilus and Cressida)
King of Scotland (Duncan, Macbeth and Malcolm in Macbeth)
Queen of Egypt (Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra)
Duke of Verona (Escalus in Romeo and Juliet)
Plus the King of Antioch, Prince of Tyre and King of Pentapolis in Pericles, Julius Caesar the dictator of Rome, the emperor Augustus of Rome, and a some totally ficticious rulers like the emperor Saturninus in Titus Andronicus or the Duke of Illyria in Twelfth Night.
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∙ 14y agoThe following historical English monarchs appear in Shakespeare's plays, although some are shown only as they inherit the throne: John, Henry III (in King John), Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV (in Henry VI part 3), Edward V (in Richard III), Richard III, Henry VII (in Richard III), and Henry VIII. The French Kings Charles VI and Charles VII as well as Regnier, King of Naples also appear in the history plays. The Scottish kings Duncan, Macbeth, Malcolm Canmore and Donald Ban appear in the play Macbeth
Other kings include the King of France in All's Well that Ends Well, King Lear and Cymbeline, both legendary English kings, Claudius the legendary king of Denmark in Hamlet, and Leontes and Polixenes, kings of Sicily and Bohemia in The Winter's Tale.
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∙ 13y agoShakespeare did not write his plays for any monarch. He wrote them for his theatre company to perform. Some were performed before the monarch (either Elizabeth I or James I) but most of the plays were not written for these occasions
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∙ 10y agoQueen Elizabeth I was queen when Shakespeare was born. King James I was king when he died.
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∙ 12y agoShakespeare did not write for the monarchs; he wrote for his theatre company. The theatre company did play for the monarchs but they played the same plays for the general public.
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How many plays and how many sonnets did shakespeare write?
One hundred and fifty-four sonnets were contained in the omnibus Shake-speare's Sonnets published in 1609. Thirty-six plays were in the First Folio collection of 1623, but not included in this collection was Pericles (published in 1609) and The Two Noble Kinsmen (co-written with John Fletcher and published in 1634).364
What was shakespeares first 2 plays he wrote?
There are no specific records of which were the first two plays Shakespeare had performed. There is a great deal of speculation. There are records of the first publications, but that is not the same thing.
What are 2 examples of comedies Shakespeare write?
Shakespeare wrote As You Like It and Merchant of Venice.
Which 2 monarchs were on the throne when shakespeare was around?
Elizabeth I and James I, but not at the same time. Elizabeth up to 1603 and James after.
What was one genre of play Shakespeare wrote?
History
What did Shakespeare's play allow him to do?
1) Shakespeare wrote lots of plays, not just one. 2) Plays are pieces of literature, they don't allow anyone to do anything.
What are 2 of Shakespeares plays?
Love's Labour's Lost and King John are both plays by Shakespeare. He wrote about 36 others.
Who were the 2 monarchs who were on the thrown in Shakespeare's lifetime?
The two monarchs on the throne during the lifetime of William Shakespeare (c1564 - 1616), were Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) and King James I (1566 - 1625).
How many plays and how many sonnets did shakespeare write?
One hundred and fifty-four sonnets were contained in the omnibus Shake-speare's Sonnets published in 1609. Thirty-six plays were in the First Folio collection of 1623, but not included in this collection was Pericles (published in 1609) and The Two Noble Kinsmen (co-written with John Fletcher and published in 1634).364
What was shakespeares first 2 plays he wrote?
There are no specific records of which were the first two plays Shakespeare had performed. There is a great deal of speculation. There are records of the first publications, but that is not the same thing.
WHo wrote Julius Caeser Macbeth and HAMLET?
Since you have added this question to the William Shakespeare catedgory, you won't be surprised to find that these three plays were all written by William Shakespeare, the most famous playwright ever.
What are 2 specific accomplishments of William Shakespeare?
He wrote 38 plays, many of which are considered among the best plays of all time. He wrote poetry, including 154 sonnets, some of which are among the most famous poems of all time.
What are 2 examples of comedies Shakespeare write?
Shakespeare wrote As You Like It and Merchant of Venice.
Which 2 monarchs were on the throne when shakespeare was around?
Elizabeth I and James I, but not at the same time. Elizabeth up to 1603 and James after.
What was one genre of play Shakespeare wrote?
History
What are 3 plays Shakespeare wrote between 1585 and 1594?
Shakespeare wasn't writing plays at all in 1585; he was still in Stratford when the twins were born. He was certainly writing plays before 1594 when he joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men. His earliest plays, such as Henry VI Part 2, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona were all written in this period.
When did shakespeare write the 29 plays 154 sonnets and the 2 long poems?
Shakespeare wrote or co-wrote 38 plays, not 29. We are not sure when the earliest one was written, but the first reference to any of them is in 1592. The last one was written in about 1613. The 154 sonnets were all written before 1609, when they were published. The 2 long poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were written in 1593 and 1594 repectively.
