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Plays don't catch diseases.

There is no representation of an epidemic in any of Shakespeare's plays either.

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What plague was in London and the surrounding townships was William shakespeare was a baby?

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What was Shakespeare's first work published?

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play writer and actor


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What disease spread while William Shakespeare London theatre was closed?

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Why were the theatres repeatedly shut during Shakespeare's life?

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