He actually wrote plays. He didn't do the acting. Actually no, he did do the acting, and was well known for it, but it is believed that his playwriting activities kept him from taking on really strenuous roles. Unfortunately we do not know from contemporary sources exacly which roles he played.
Why did he do it? It was his job. That's how he made his money--running a theatre (along with a bunch of other guys).
No, Shakespeare followed the Elizabethan structure of a FIVE act play. Almost all Elizabethan plays are divided into five acts, including Shakespeare's.
Hamlet!
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All of Shakespeare's plays were divided into 5 acts, each act with a different number of scenes.
Shakespeare wrote many plays, but your question doesn't give the name of the play.
Shakespeare never appeared onstage with a woman.
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No, Shakespeare followed the Elizabethan structure of a FIVE act play. Almost all Elizabethan plays are divided into five acts, including Shakespeare's.
Yes, this was his primary career.
Hamlet!
They all have an Act 1. They also all have an Act 5 if it comes to that.
It is the first act in a play named Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, of course. He wrote them. They are not real people; Shakespeare did not have to tell Mercutio "Listen, if you don't behave, you die in Act III"
In London, England.
a story writer
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act III Scene I.
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