William Shakespeare Around 1568, a group of actors visited Stratford and put on a play before the entire town, with permission from John Shakespeare, the mayor of the town. The people loved the play, especially the small children. All of them looked up to the actors, as they returned each year to perform different plays. They had dreams of one day becoming actors, but only one of these children fulfilled this dream. This child was the …showed first 75 words of 1623 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1623 total…died. They were done on cheap pamphlets and some didn't even contain his name. Heminges and Condell, in fear of the plays being lost, decided to publish the plays instead of selling them to other acting companies. They probably lost a lot of money doing this, but they believed that their 'friend and fellow' deserved the best. Ben Jonson summarized it best by stating, 'He was not of an age, but for all time.'