Shakespeare
city's busy theatrical life
· By 1594 he was a shareholder, or part owner, in one London's most popular acting
companies, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and at least six of his plays had been
produced
· In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre, the most famous of Elizabethan theatres
· After Queen Elizabeth's death in 1603, the Lord Chamberlain's Men were sponsored
by King James and became known as the King's Men
· In 1608 the company acquired a second theatre in Blackfairs, a fashionable district of
London
· Between 1608-1613 Shakespeare wrote his last five plays; while writing these,
Shakespeare lived mostly in Stratford, where he was regarded as one of the town's
most important citizens
· In 1607 his daughter Susanna married dr John Hall
· In 1608 Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Hall was born
· Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 and is buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford
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