What play did Shakespeare write for Queen Elizabeth?

Answer 1

There is no evidence whatsoever that Shakespeare wrote any play for his dead son. Playwrights of the period did not include pointedly autobiographical information in their plays. That did not become fashionable until nearer the 20th Century.

Answer 2

There is no record of Shakespeare having been commissioned to write anything particularly for Queen Elizabeth. Although his playing company did appear once or twice before her, she preferred masques and tumbling shows to drama. It was her successor, King James, who was the real lover of the theatre, together with his whole family.

There is a romantic tale that Queen Elizabeth suggested the plot of The Merry Wives of Windsor, but it first appears in 1702, about 100 years after the play was written, as part of a publicity package for a production of the play, and is almost certainly romantic fiction.

Answer 3

None. He wrote all of his plays for theatrical companies to perform, and was paid by them to write them. The King did not commission the writing of any plays or pay for them. Macbeth does include a lot of flattering remarks about the King's Scottish ancestors, but then Richard III contains a lot of flattering remarks about Queen's Elizabeth's ancestor Henry VII. It's smart politics to flatter the king or queen at any time, and Shakespeare was politically astute enough to do so. But that does not mean that the play was written for the King's benefit; it was meant to be performed on the public stage and to make money for the company who paid for it.

Answer 4

Shakespeare wrote loads of plays after his son Hamnet's death in 1596. Although nobody is sure exactly when any of the plays were written, it is a good guess to say that Shakespeare had written less than a third of his plays, probably about eleven of them, at the time Hamnet died. He wrote the remaining twenty-six or so in the next seventeen years.

Answer 5

Yes, he was inspired by the death of his son to write the story. ( he wrote it 2 weeks after the death)

Answer 6

Hamlet.

Even their names are similar - Shakespeare's son name was Hamnet

Answer 7

Shakespeare included some sonnets in Romeo and Juliet, and they are well known, but not as sonnets. One of the best known is the Prologue.

Answer 8

Yes, he was Shakespeare's only son.