There are many theories about
who William Shakespeare was. What makes him unique is that, unlike his contemporaries,
he wasn’t university educated; he was a glove maker. He approached plays and
theatre from a very different background.
Shakespeare wrote plays for
everyone. He was - probably - a Catholic writing plays in a protestant world; he had to be very, very
careful.
He wrote a lot of plays and
people liked them. A lot of people went to see his plays performed in London theatres
and, especially at the Globe theatre
after 1599.
Now, probably you are thinking
about how I can know all these thing. The answer is … yes, I studied something
for school but I have also seen an amazing tv series about Shakespeare: WILL.
