was this performed live in a theatre during his time?
Yes, Lord Chamberlain's Men played "Hamlet"
Hamlet
Lord Chamberlain's Men, playing "Hamlet" in the 3000-capacity Globe, were unlikely to be put to any disadvant
where did shakespeare work and what did he do He began a career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company what is his date of birth? His date of birth is unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April 1564 what are his professions? Playwright, poet, and actor what are some of his plays? "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello", "King Lear", and "Macbeth" what is the genre of the first play mentioned? Tragedy who are the characters appearing in this play? Prince Hamlet, his uncle, Claudius, Horatio, Polonius, Polonius's daughter, Ophelia
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Hamlet [SEP] Date
As "Hamlet" was very popular, Bernard Lott, the series editor of "New Swan", believes it "unlikely that he [Meres] would have overlooked ... so significant a piece". The phrase "little eyases" in the First Folio (F1) may allude to the Children of the Chapel, whose popularity in London forced the Globe company into provincial touring. This became known as the War of the Theatres, and supports a 1601 dating. Katherine Duncan-Jones accepts a 1600–01 attribution for the date "Hamlet" was written, but notes that the Lord Chamberlain's Men, playing "Hamlet" in the 3000-capacity Globe, were unlikely to be put to any disadvantage by an audience of "barely one hundred" for the Children of the Chapel's equivalent play, "Antonio's Revenge"; she believes that Shakespeare, confident in the superiority of his own work, was making a playful and charitable allusion to his friend John Marston's very similar piece.