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The Globe Theater was closed during these years to due collossal outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague in London, killing over 33,000 people in 1603 and causing just as big a stir in 1608. The Globe Theater was also shut down due to this in 1593. Some of the things causing the plague were an overpopulation of infected animals, the absence of a sewer system, and the overall lack of waste management during this era. William Shakespeare, the face of the Globe Theater, had several relatives (mostly grandsons) and friends die as a result of the Bubonic Plague and made it a point to shut down the theater during each major outbreak.

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The Globe Theatre was not closed in 1592 because it wasn't built until 1599. There were plague outbreaks in 1603 and 1608 which caused the theatres to close. This plague was pneumonic plague, not bubonic as is often incorrectly stated.


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