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Do you mean the disease called the plague or the black death which was common in Shakespeare's time? Its proper name is Bubonic plague. It was communicated by fleas which lived on rats. It is estimated that it killed 75 million people across Asia and Europe.
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In shakespeares time could theatres be closed down if there were too many cases of the plague?
Yep
What plague did Shakespeares hometown get hit by?
There was an epidemic of bubonic plague in 1564, the year Shakesepeare was born. Other epidemics also hit from time to time, influenza being common.
What did people die from in shakespeares time?
The usual things: diseases (plague and syphilis were big ones), accidents, old age.
What disease raged through London during shakespeares time?
The Bubonic Plague, otherwise known as the Balck Death.
What did the bubonic plague do to shakespeares therter?
It closed the theaters down because people had come to realize that close contact helped spread the disease.
What health problem caused massive deaths during Shakespeares lifetime?
It was called the plague. The particular form of plague in the 16th and 17th century was called the "pneumonic plague" which affects the lungs and results in coughing as well as bloody vomit. The Bubonic Plague or black death was a related disease which resulted in massive deaths in the fourteenth century
Why did shakespeares write poetry?
He wrote poems to express his love and affection for someone
What was Verona Italy like in Shakespeares time?
The city of Verona was stricken by plague several times during Shakespeare's lifetime. The arts flourished in Verona during that time, as part of the Italian Renaissance.
In act three scene one of Romeo and Juliet whats the significance of Shakespeares final dialoge for Mercutio?
the significance is because he finally realises what a pointless feckless family feuding is. By also quoting a plague on both your houses, this is something that the elizabethian audiences would be able to relate to as the great plague had just passt
Why were many theatres closed during shakespeares time?
All theatres in London were closed during the years 1592-1593 because of a particularly nasty plague outbreak. During that time, actors had to play in venues outside of London, which were much less profitable. There was a smaller plague outbreak and theatre closure in London in 1596.
What is the difference between chronic and contagious?
Chronic means "present since a long time", like in "chronic disease". Contagious is something which can be easily communicated/transmitted to others. E.g. "Plague is a contagious phenomenon"
What epicdemic killed over thousand of people in London during shakespeare time there?
There were a couple. Plague was a constant problem, although it had mutated into a different disease from the one it had been when it was the Black Death 300 years before. The epidemic Shakespeare talks most about is syphilis, which was a relatively new disease, introduced to Europe from America about a hundred years before and which caused the deaths of thousands of people, including, it is thought, King Edward VI.
