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I'm not sure how many of these writers are his contemporaries, but I know at least some are, and they're at least working around roughly the same time: Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, John Ford, Thomas Middleton and Francis Beaumont. (I have no idea how someone got the idea that the answer to this was Arthur Miller. If you're looking for other well known playwrights he's a good one, as is Tennessee Williams, Samuel Becket, Anton Checkov, and Oscar Wilde)

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William Shakespeare lived from 1564-1616. Contemporaries included: Queen Elizabeth the First (1533-1603), King James the First (1566-1625), Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), and Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596).

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Some of Shakespeare's contemporaries were the following:

  • Thomas Kyd
  • Christopher Marlowe
  • Ben Jonson
  • Francis Beaumont
  • John Fletcher

These were all significant figures of Shakespeare's age who composed works that are still popular today.

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Some of Shakespeare's contemporaries from his early years include the so-called University Wits, a group of highly educated men who brought their education to the stage, adding complexity to the theater and creating a marked shift from the relatively simple productions and storytelling which had existed previously. Christopher Marlowe, a highly celebrated playwright at the time, is an example of the University Wits, along with George Peele and Thomas Nashe.

Shakespeare's major rival was Ben Jonson, a playwright who was very widely regarded at the time. During Shakespeare's lifetime, the two men often fought bitterly, denigrating each other's work in a well known artistic rivalry. After Shakespeare's death, Jonson became one of the champions of Shakespeare's works, arguing that they were worthy of preservation. Thomas Kyd, another major rival, wrote grisly tragedies which drew in large crowds, thanks to the ample violence and bloodshed involved. One of the most popular of Shakespeare's contemporaries was Philip Massinger, a playwright who excelled at satire and political commentary.

Shakespeare also did not stand on his own as a poet, although many of his sonnets were quite popular. George Chapman, William Davenant, and Sir Walter Raleigh were very popular poets at the time, and these contemporaries of Shakespeare certainly did not allow him to rest on his laurels in the realm of poetry.

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Loads of them. Chettle, Jonson, Middleton, Dekker, Rowley, Chapman, Marlowe, Greene, Peele, Nashe, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, and Heywood were some.

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The following are some of the contemporaries of William Shakespeare; Philip Henslowe, Richard Burbage, William Kempe, John Heminges, Edward Alleyn, and Edmund Tilney.

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All of Shakespeare's contemporaries lived at the same time he did. That's what contemporary means. Rene Descartes was one of Shakespeare's contemporaries.

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Christopher Marlowe

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