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Plays were a new thing in Europe in Shakespeare's time - and they were one of the very first commercial entertainments that ordinary people could go to.
Because plays made you think, several European royal families considered the drama undesirable and dangerous. Plays were at first discouraged, and finally made illegal, in Italy, Spain, and France.
But in England Queen Elizabeth loved the theatre; she ordered many performances at court (she probably never went to an actual theatre - in spite of Shakespeare in Love) and made things not too difficult for playwrights and players companies.
Queen Elizabeth's love of the theatre is one main reason why English Renaissance Theatre was more successful than in other European countries.
When the old queen died and King James I arrived in England (1603) Shakespeare knew that if the King didn't like the theatre, it would die out (as it was already doing in other European countries). So he (probably) wrote Macbeth to please the new king (Banquo - a minor hero in the play - was one of King James' ancestors).
In fact the theatres were eventually closed down in England - in 1642, under the Puritans.
But Shakespeare was long dead by then.
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