Complex sentence: As a married man Shakespeare was ineligible to attend university and debarred from taking up a formal indentured apprenticeship in a trade with an established guild but acting companies had so-called'apprenticeships' which had much looser entry requirements.
Split into simpler sentences: As a married man Shakespeare was ineligible to attend university and debarred from taking up a formal indentured apprenticeship in a trade with an established guild. But acting companies had so-called'apprenticeships' which had much looser entry requirements.