Year of Shakespeare in England [closed]

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Why did Shakespeare periodically closed?

Plague had posed an ongoing danger in England since before the time of Shakespeare's birth, but a particularly devastating outbreak of the disease swept the country in 1593 and 1594. During especially intense epidemics, the Privy Council would exercise its authority as the queen's advisors to close all public theaters.

Why did globe Theatre closed in 1642?

On September 2, 1642, just after the First English Civil War had begun, the Long Parliament ordered the closure of all London theatres. The order cited the current "times of humiliation" and their incompatibility with "public stage-plays", representative of "lascivious Mirth and Levity".

What closed the theaters from 1592 1594 Shakespeare?

Between 1592 and 1594, when the theatres were frequently closed because of the plague, he wrote his earliest poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. They were published in 1593 and 1594 respectively, and dedicated to his patron the 3rd Earl of Southampton.

What did Shakespeare do when the theaters closed?

We've all heard how super-productive William Shakespeare was when the plague shut down his theaters: He wrote his epic poems Venus and Adonis and Lucrece during the epidemic of 1592-1593, and \u201call of [his] Jacobean plays, from Measure For Measure through Coriolanus\u201d during or not long after later outbreaks.

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Shakespeare's World - Timelines.tv History of Britain A08

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