People respected Shakespeare as a playwright and liked his work when he was alive, but during that time none of it was published; it was just copies he and the actors had. When he died people realized that his creations were something worth saving, so they collected and published as many as they could.
Shakespeare was reasonably well-known during his lifetime in the London theatrical community, and many of his plays as well as his poems were published before his death. His plays continued to be acted after the Restoration, although they were thought to be old hat. Only in the eighteenth century, with David Garrick, did Shakespeare attain the status of a "superwriter" in Britain. Later, people outside the English-speaking world became impressed with him--Goethe was a particular fan.
So Shakespeare was always to some degree famous, but he just became more and more famous as time went on.
Not immediately. When the theatre was restored in 1660, Shakespeare's plays were thought of as old-fashioned, and indeed they are for the most part quite different from Restoration plays, which are shallow superficial plays of manners. Nevertheless they continued to be acted frequently--Samuel Pepys went to see at least six of them at various times. In the eighteenth century, classical plays were all the rage, and so nobody wanted to play Shakespeare unless it had been adapted to fit those expectations. But the efforts of the famous actor David Garrick, particularly in organizing the Shakespeare bicentennial festival of 1764, boosted Shakespeare's fame above that of any other playwright and ensured the continued and even growing popularity of the plays, even in their mutilated 18th century form.
yes, he was so just like any artists' work is more valuable after they died because they were not around to make any more.
He didnt own it but the famous Shakespeare playhouse is the globe theatre
Judith and Hamnet were the twin children of William Shakespeare the famous playwright. Hamnet died when he was 11 and Judith went on to marry Thomas Quiney of Stratford.
Shakespeare most famous poem is Sonnet #18
William Shakespeare
James Burbage built the Globe for William Shakespeare.
yes he4 was
Shakespeare, although a man, died rich and famous, and is still famous today.
Cervantes and Shakespeare
shakespeare is famous for plays
Will Shakespeare is William Shakespeare, the famous playwright.
No, they were already well known at the time of his death. They did become even more famous after his death.
No , but Shakespeare was , and remains , famous .
The type of poetry Shakespeare was famous for was Sonnets
None of Shakespeare's friends is as famous as he is. Back then, though, his friend Richard Burbage was much more famous than Shakespeare was.
Titanic. You do mean the William Shakespeare from Newark, NJ, right? There were no movies when the famous playwright of that name lived. Shakespeare died in 1616. The first movies were not produced until the 1890s.
Shakespeare was famous in his own time among theatre people. He became world-famous in the nineteenth century.
No. Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a famous English playwright and poet.