To find work. He was twenty years old, with a wife and three children and no skills that were marketable in Stratford. London offered better prospects.
Yes. William Shakespeare was born in the lovely little market town of Stratford -on-Avon in the centre of England. He moved 150 miles to work and live in London. After he retired he moved back to Stratford.
He grew up in Stratford and moved to London.
He became famous after he had moved to London.
That is true.
We don't know when he moved to London; it was some time between 1585 and 1592. And he never completely moved there, because he always kept his address in Stratford where his wife and family lived. Mostly he just worked in London, but that meant that he had to stay there a lot. That was probably the reason he went to London--he was looking for work. For some reason, he started working with a theatre company. Maybe his printer friend steered him that way, or maybe he had seen people acting in Stratford and had fallen in love with the idea. We really don't know. There is an old story that he had to flee Stratford because he was escaping from the law, but the details don't really add up. It's more romantic than believable.
When Shakespeare retired he left London and returned to his home in Stratford.
He moved to London in the 1580s
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Yes. William Shakespeare was born in the lovely little market town of Stratford -on-Avon in the centre of England. He moved 150 miles to work and live in London. After he retired he moved back to Stratford.
he joined a acting group and went to london.
He grew up in Stratford and moved to London.
He became famous after he had moved to London.
He had no accomodation in London for a wife and children. However, his brother Edmund did follow in his footsteps and became an actor and moved to London.
That is true.
We don't know when he moved to London; it was some time between 1585 and 1592. And he never completely moved there, because he always kept his address in Stratford where his wife and family lived. Mostly he just worked in London, but that meant that he had to stay there a lot. That was probably the reason he went to London--he was looking for work. For some reason, he started working with a theatre company. Maybe his printer friend steered him that way, or maybe he had seen people acting in Stratford and had fallen in love with the idea. We really don't know. There is an old story that he had to flee Stratford because he was escaping from the law, but the details don't really add up. It's more romantic than believable.
We presume that Shakespeare did not start writing plays until after he moved to London to make a living in the entertainment world.
We don't know exactly when Shakespeare moved to London, but it was between 1585 (when he was 21) and 1592 (when he was 28).