Unlike many other great writers, I became well known during my own lifetime. Throughout the 1590's I became popular enough to be criticized by many famous critics of the theatre, including a jealous rival of mine, Robert Greene. Soon after I became a shareholder of the Lord Chamberlain's Men who performed before Queen Elizabeth several times. In the late 1990's, shortly after my son died, I had m... » Continue Reading
Wow. So, where was this "2002 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival" when I was the one to release Cymbeline in 1623??? I guess I did get appreciation from my good pal King James I and Queen Elizabeth I after composing Macbeth (James was oddly fascinated with witchcraft) , but I hadn't received a single prize for my work! There was even Tony Stevens who was rewarded "Outstanding Choreogra... » Continue Reading
I had just handed the playhouse of my life's works to my dear son. Then, in 1613, Henry VIII accidentally burned the entire building using a canon for a prop! Oh, how I remember having A Midsummer Night's Dream performed in the afternoon like many other of my plays. It's doesn't completely replicate the extravagance of the original building's famous design, but as ghost, I got to see it fully reb... » Continue Reading
On April 26th 1564 I was baptized. At the Holy-Trinity in Strateford-upon-Avon. This is also the church I will be buried at, come swing by and say hi! » Continue Reading
Since everyone's *so obsessed with my life *, ig I'll tell you what I did back in hot wench turn of decade. So I heard that someone made up this rumor that I was exiled from Warwickshire for deer-stealing and that I worked for the London Playhouse holding horses for theatre-goers, but thats straight up crazy, I would never do something that LAME. So what I was really doing was...... SYCH gotcha, I... » Continue Reading