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Where did Shakespeare live the most?
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, William Shakespeare spent most of his working life in London, but also did a fair bit of traipsing around the provinces while on tour with his various theatre companies.
Where did Shakespeare live most of his adult life?
In Stratford-upon-Avon, he built a large house for his family. After he semi-retired, Shakespeare spent most of his time in Stratford-upon-Avon until his death.
What places did Shakespeare live?
Stratford-upon-Avon1564–1616
William Shakespeare/Places lived
Did Shakespeare stay in London for the rest of his life?
From about 1590 to 1613, Shakespeare lived mainly in London and by 1592 was a well-known actor there. He was also a playwright.
Did Shakespeare live in Italy?
Shakespeare set many of his plays in Italy, though he almost certainly never went there….Shakespeare’s Italian journeys.
| Article written by: | Andrew Dickson |
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| Themes: | Shakespeare’s life and world, Global Shakespeare |
| Published: | 15 Mar 2016 |
Where did Shakespeare live in his final years?
Stratford-upon-Avon
When Shakespeare retired from London around 1610, he returned to Stratford-upon-Avon, the market town in which he was born that’s about 100 miles west of London on the River Avon. He spent the last few years of his life in New Place, the town’s largest house, which he had purchased in 1597.
Where did Shakespeare live after death?
Stratford upon
In 1610 Shakespeare left his working life in London and lived in retirement with his wife in Stratford upon Avon’s largest house – New House. It is believed that Shakespeare’s death occurred in New House on 23 April 1616, where he would have been attended by his son-in-law Dr John Hall, the local physician.
Where did Shakespeare live in Italy?
Plot Shakespeare’s plays on a map and it’s easy to picture his world. A dense freckling of dots mark English cities and battlefields, the real-life locations for the history plays: Tewkesbury, Wakefield, St Albans, Canterbury, Towton, York….Shakespeare’s Italian journeys.
| Article written by: | Andrew Dickson |
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| Published: | 15 Mar 2016 |
Was Shakespeare Italian or English?
According to a most eccentric breed of anti-Stratfordians – the people who argue that Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare – Shakespeare was quite literally Italian. His name, they suggest, was Crollanza or Scrollalanza (“shake-speare”), before he moved to London from Sicily via northern Italy.