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He was interested in theater, being an actor, and you could make some extra money being a playwright.
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Did any of Shakespeare's family become playwrights?
No, although his brother Edmund became an actor.
Who were Greek playwrights?
Homer, Odysseus, Shakespeare
What did shakespeare never do that most playwrights of his day did?
William Shakespeare never attended a uiversity.
Who was considered one of the greatest playwrights of all time?
William Shakespeare.
Which playwrights did not write a tragedy in which the main character was a common person?
Shakespeare
Who was second rate to Shakespeare?
Dante might be considered second only to Shakespeare among renaissance poets. Moliere might be considered second only to Shakespeare among seventeenth-century playwrights. Marlowe might be considered second only to Shakespeare among English sixteenth century playwrights. Anne Hathaway might be considered second only to Shakespeare among people who lived in Stratford on Avon. George Bernard Shaw might be considered second only to Shakespeare among playwrights from Great Britain. Edward Bond might be considered second only to Shakespeare among playwrights who wrote a play about King Lear. I don't know who is second only to Shakespeare among people whose fathers made gloves.
Who were famous playwrights in the 1500s?
Christopher Marlowe was a famous playwright in the 1500's. Ben Johnson an William Shakespeare were also famous playwrights in the 1500's.
Was Shakespeare's work continued by his daughter?
He had two daughters, neither of whom were poets or playwrights.
How did William Shakespeare react or change after becoming on of the worlds most famous playwrights?
Being dead, the only kind of change open to him was to decompose, which I am sure he did. Shakespeare did not become "world-famous" until over a century after his death, and nearer two centuries.
Was Shakespeare part of the royal family?
I'm not sure but you wouldn't think so as actors and playwrights weren't highly respected in Shakespeare's time.
What are three of england' s greatest playwrights during the Elizabethan era?
Shakespeare, marlowe and johnson
Did William Shakespeare was forced to write?
In school perhaps. But Shakespeare was not forced to write after he left school. Most actors were not also playwrights. But since Shakespeare could write and was very good at it, and was paid to do it, why not?
