stratford
When Shakespeare retired he left London and returned to his home in Stratford.
in 1587
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Eventually, he went to London. However, we do not know much about the period of Shakespeare's life between his leaving Stratford and being a successful playwright and actor in London. He may have gone somewhere else in the meantime.
Shakespeare's children were born in 1583 and 1585. There is no record of Shakespeare in London until 1592. Scholars speculate that he went to London between 1590 and 1591.
Phillip DaWhore
William Shakespeare left from Stratford to go to London in the year 1586. Or not. It could be 1588, or 1589, or 1587. This period in Shakespeare's life is called his Lost Years because we have no idea what he was doing.
We do not know when Shakespeare left Stratford to go to London, exactly. It was sometime between 1585 and 1592. He was not so much leaving Anne as looking for a steady job. With three kids he needed one, and there wasn't much in Stratford.
Shakespeare did not change his life in any way as a result of Hamnet's death. Shakespeare left Stratford for London sometime between 1585 and 1590. Hamnet did not die until 1596, by which time Shakespeare was well-settled in London.
Because there were more job opportunities in London, and that was where the main theatre was.
Unless you are over 400 years old, or psychic, or a liar, you will say that you know nothing at all about it. The part of Shakespeare's life during which he left for London is called the "Lost Years" because we have absolutely no information on it.
He went to the city of London and avoided prosecution.