On Blogging Shakespeare – ‘Shakespeare The Actor (Part Two)’

28. Apr, 2011 ·Comments Off on On Blogging Shakespeare – ‘Shakespeare The Actor (Part Two)’

I wrote in my previous blog about the factual evidence relating to Shakespeare’s acting career. There is also some anecdotal evidence, mostly suggesting that though he acted, he was not a star. John Aubrey, writing in the mid-seventeenth century, says that Shakespeare, ‘inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I guess about 18: […]