He was so successful that in 1596 he successfully renewed his father's application for a grant of arms, and the following year he bought and restored New Place, the second-largest house in Stratford. As a member of London's leading theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Company, he wrote plays and eventually became a sharer in the Globe theater. Sometime after this he joined a troupe of players and made his way to London. Two other children were born, the twins Hamnet and Judith, in February, 1585. William Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway in November, 1582, and six months later their daughter, Susanna, was born.

In his position as Bailiff he was responsible for licensing companies of actors who applied to play in the Guild Hall. He rose by election to the position of Alderman in 1565 and in 1568 he was elected Bailiff (equivalent to mayor), and in that year he made an application to the Herald's office for a grant of arms. John Shakespeare was ambitious, and he filled many municipal offices in Stratford including that of burgess, which privileged him to educate his children without charge at the King's New School in Stratford. Married Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowner of Wilmcote. His father, a glover, trader, and landowner, William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564, the oldest son of John Shakespeare. William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, the actor and Globe-sharer, was the playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare the Globe-sharer was also William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon.William Shakespeare the actor was William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon.William Shakespeare was an actor in the company that performed the plays of William Shakespeare.The name 'William Shakespeare' appears on the plays and poems.How We Know That Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare: The Historical Facts How We Know That Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare: The Historical Facts by Tom Reedy and David Kathman Contents

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