what was his career in theatre like?
Several of his plays were on the London stage by 1592 - he was attacked in print by the playwright Robert Greene in his "Groats-Worth of Wit".
William Shakespeare
It is not known definitively when Shakespeare began writing, but contemporary allusions and records of performances show that several of his plays were on the London stage by 1592. By then, he was sufficiently known in London to be attacked in print by the playwright Robert Greene in his "Groats-Worth of Wit":
where does the story romeo and juliet take place Verona, Italy who created this story? William Shakespeare what is the historical backdrop behind this aforesaid city? One theory is it was a city of the Euganei, who were obliged to give it up to the Cenomani (550 BC). what are some edifices found here? Piazza delle Erbe, Roman amphitheatre, the Arena etc. what are the primary sights here? UNANSWERABLE where was this aforesaid writer born? Stratford-upon-Avon how did he spend his early days? UNANSWERABLE
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William Shakespeare [SEP] London and theatrical career
It is not known definitively when Shakespeare began writing, but contemporary allusions and records of performances show that several of his plays were on the London stage by 1592. By then, he was sufficiently known in London to be attacked in print by the playwright Robert Greene in his "Groats-Worth of Wit": ... there is an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his "Tiger's heart wrapped in a Player's hide", supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you: and being an absolute "Johannes factotum", is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.