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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, on April 23, 1564. He lived under the care of a prosperous wool and leather merchant, who is known to be his father, as well as his mother.

Later on, he married a woman named Ann Hathaway in 1582, and had three children. Unfortunately, the eldest died at an early age. William was likely a member of a traveling company of actors.

Although the fragments of his childhood remains unknown, his journey to stardom begins in the late 1500s.

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Shakespeare settled in London in 1592 and became acknowledged as a playwright and actor. He gained his reputation through collaborating with others on new plays and adapting old ones. These performances were occasionally done in The Theatre, one of the more well-known theaters. Shakespeare was a part of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, a company of actors, but was later renamed The King's Men.

His Plays
Not all of Shakespeare's plays were published. Fourteen of his plays were first printed in Quarto volumes. The "good" ones were authorized to be printed, provided by the theater. The "bad" ones were usually plagiarized by booksellers, so they could tweak the prompt itself or the writing.

Shakespeare usually wrote his plays in blank verse. The term is known as iambic pentameter, which is no rhythmic lines that consists of ten syllables, alternately stressed and unstressed. He experimented by changing the flow of his scripts, for his desire for the greater freedom of expression was strong.

His rhythms evolved to everyday speech. This new flow allowed for his dialogue and narrations to exploit certain atmospheres, emotions, pacing, etc. Shakespeare's poetic imagery allowed for the audiences imaginations to expand, and for the plays to provide his meaning and purposes.

Years following Shakespeare's death, his plays were combined into a collection, and sold in a Folio. However, the collections are not like the plays we know as of today. His plays were modernized, as well as their were cases of misprints. Shakespeare's plays know have multiple versions for each.

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After the removal of The Theatre in 1598, The Globe was built by Shakespeare and his fellow-actors in Southwark. Compared to other theaters, with their triangular rectangular shape, The Globe is described as a "wooden O." It was less than thirty meters wide, but can fit between two and three thousand people.

The System
Performances were taken place during the day, the time depending on the weather. A flag waving usually indicates that a play will be occurring. The quality of the "seating" depends on how much money is paid to the doorkeeper. For each play, there will be between six to sixteen performances, which would usually last two hours in total.

Plays were led by the spoken words of the actors and the narrator. The lack of atmosphere and scenery all had to be made up  with the audiences own imaginations. Performances tend to reuse props or scenes. The performers were usually very dramatic, but complied with the acts and scenes. Shakespeare often used a rhyming-couplet to indicate the end of a scene.

Actors assembled in the Tiring House, where they would dress themselves. All kinds of roles were performed by men, including females. The Tiring House was accessed through two doors, one on each side of the stage.