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.
What outbreak killed William Shakespeares hometown What outbreak killed William Shakespeares hometown
There were a number of outbreaks of pneumonic plague in London and elsewhere in England. There was one in Stratford when Shakespeare was born but he fortunately did not catch the disease.
Plague
Globe
There was a plague outbreak in London, one of several during Shakespeare's career which closed the London theatres and caused the playing companies to go on tour.
We think he wrote 38 plays altogether during his working life, all of which was spent in London.
globe
During the late 1580's and early 1590's Shakespeare traveled back and forth from London.
During his entire career, Shakespeare was based in London, England.
Then as now, it's London.
We don't know. This happened during Shakespeare's "Lost Years" about which we have no information.
Globe
There was a plague outbreak in London, one of several during Shakespeare's career which closed the London theatres and caused the playing companies to go on tour.
We think he wrote 38 plays altogether during his working life, all of which was spent in London.
globe
During the late 1580's and early 1590's Shakespeare traveled back and forth from London.
The theatre you are thinking of is the Globe.
Judith Shakespeare was a fictional character created to show the inequality of the genders during Shakespeare's time. The character was the talented twin sister of the famous William Shakespeare but was not recognized because of her sex.
Bubonic Plague
Plague closed the theaters. it is a disease.