Below, a passage is given with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). For the blank…

Below, a passage is given with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). For the blank asked about below, four options are given. Choose the word that fits the blank most appropriately in the context of the passage and mark the corresponding answer.

William Shakespeare was a great English ――――(A)―――――, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early ――――(B)――――― centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. Shakespeare’s poems and plays show love for nature and rural life which ――――(C)――――― his childhood. It is believed that he may have become well known in London‘s ――――(D)――――― life by 1592. By that time, he had joined one of the city’s ――――(E)――――― theatre companies.

Which of the following words most appropriately fits the blank labelled (E)?