How did Elizabeth encourage and help William Shakespeare?

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How did Elizabeth encourage and help William Shakespeare?

Answer 1

Mainly by building theaters, putting on his plays and thereby helping him earn a living.

"Elizabeth brought in new types of architecture. The first theatre was built under her rule. Shakespeare wrote plays, and she had them performed in her theatre. Her court became the centre for musicians, writers and scholars. She encouraged dancing, banquets, poetry, music and, most of all, drama.

She also encouraged exploration. Francis Drake sailed around the world under her rule. Sir Walter Raleigh, a sailor, was given land in the New World by Elizabeth and encouraged to send colonists there. The English treasury grew rich and the country prospered. Merchants, bankers, yeoman, farmers and artisans prospered.

She also made the first church of England a Protestant denomination. She avoided war with the Roman Catholic nations. She published an Elizabethan Prayer Book.

She encouraged great men such as Marlowe, Johnson, Beaumon, Fletcher and Shakespeare.

Elizabeth 1 was a great patron. By doing this she helped the Renaissance flourish in England."

Answer 2

It's my understanding she was his Nemesis and he detested all she represented.