When did young William Shakespeare likely first experience the theater?

Answer 1

He became an actor first.

Answer 2

Obviously, there were not a lot of entertainment options at the time. Books were not in wide circulation and anyone with half a brain could only take so much of that crappy reeorder music and those inane puppet shows - so Shakespeare had the brilliant idea of becoming an actor.
Because it was difficult to get a job at the time, and he liked the trade.

And he was a groom for a high respected man who worked in the theatre, and he became Williams shakepsears key to get into the theatre as an actor.
He was an actor before he was a playwright.

Answer 3

Shakespeare, like most people of his time, would have first experienced theatre as a child via the traveling troupes of his day. Groups of actors and musicians often travelled from community to community, typically following festivals, to perform sometimes off the back of a wagon, sometimes on crude raised platforms, sometimes in common halls.

Answer 4

Although this is guesswork, it is quite plausible guesswork. In Shakespeare's day there were a lot more theatrical companies than you might think. Only a few were allowed to perform in or around London. Most of them went from town to town, trying to get permission to set up in a local guildhall or inn and perform. If they did not get permission, they moved on to the next town. Even the resident London companies did this when plague closed the London theatres.

It is entirely possible and even probable that one of the places that such a company played was Stratford. Shakespeare might well have attended a play there, and that would be his first taste of theatre. The memory of such an event might induce him to seek out employment in that field.

Answer 5

His first experienced drama when travelling theatres visited nearby. He also started to help acting groups write plays when moved to London.

Answer 6

He may have seen a performance by a travelling group of players which came through Stratford. Or possibly no group of travelling players got that far north. It's just a guess.

Answer 7

shakespeare worked as a stage hand and actor at a very young age... from then on he loved theater.

Answer 8

Well, nobody knows for sure, but it's a good guess that at some time some travelling players played Stratford and young Will went and saw them.