They were the acting company with which he was associated for nearly twenty years.
They were the acting company with which he was associated for nearly twenty years.
He was born there, married there, died there, and buried there. He lived half his life there and his family lived there all their lives.
the war
he got AIDs
Probably his birth. He wouldn't have been able to do much if he hadn't been born.
His marriage, the birth of his children, his becoming a sharer in a theatrical company, the grant of arms to his father were all events important to Shakespeare.
No.
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.
Because nobody at the time thought it was important to record such information, and they didn't.
For the first thirty-nine years of it.
Same as it is now, a pharmacist, a druggist.
Nothing we know of. It was an important year in his personal life (the twins were born in January or February), but we do not have any record of his working life at this time. We know that he went to London at some time after the twins were born, but not whether this happened in 1585 or in some later year.