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Shakespeare Retires to Stratford

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  • Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
    Feb 5, 1568

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

  • Future King James I is born in Scotland
    Feb 5, 1576

    Future King James I is born in Scotland

  • Plague closes all London's theaters

    Plague closes all London's theaters

  • First recorded performance of Macbeth is given at Court

    First recorded performance of Macbeth is given at Court

  • Shakespeare retires to Stratford

    Shakespeare retires to Stratford

    No one has found a specific reason of why Shakespeare retired and went back to Stratford besides that fact that his family had lived there.
    http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/william-shakespeare-stratford-upon-avon.htm
  • Shakespeare retires to Stratford

    Shakespeare retires to Stratford

    After Shakespeare retired and returned to Stratford he contributed some of his wealth to the New Globe Theatre, since the old one had burned down in 1613.
    http://students.roanoke.edu/t/tnunez/shakesdone.html
  • Shakespeare Retires to Stratford

    Shakespeare Retires to Stratford

    Shakespeare was respected as a good business man in Stratford and they think that he might have left London for the peaceful country side instead of staying around all the noisy streets.
    http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/william-shakespeare-stratford-upon-avon.htm
  • Shakespeare's wife dies and First Folio published