What tragedy happened to Shakespeare when he was writing Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

Shakespeare's son Hamnet died at the age of 11 in 1596 but most scholars think Shakespeare had already written Romeo and Juliet by that time, probably one or two years earlier. The first published version of the play came out only a few months after Hamnet's death and was presumably performed a number of times before being published, making 1596 unlikely as the year it was written.

Answer 2

Hamnet, William Shakespeare's son, died in August of 1596, one or two years after he wrote the play Romeo and Juliet. There weren't a lot of tragic events in Shakespeare's life that we know of: Hamnet's death in 1596, John Shakespeare's death in 1600 and Judith's troubled marriage are the only ones.

Answer 3

As far as we know, none. Shakespeare had very few personal tragedies in his life, such as the death of his son in 1596 and of his father in 1599, and they didn't happen at the time he was writing Romeo and Juliet.

Answer 4

Answer Hamnet, William Shakrspeare's son, and twin brother of Judith, was born around February 1585 and died in August 1596. He was 11 years old.

Answer 5

Shakespeare's son died at around the same time he was writing Romeo and Juliet. Hamnet died in 1596.