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Shakespeare's sister Anne died at the age of 8 from the pneumonic plague, a disease related to the Bubonic Plague, which was called the Black Death (because of the black swellings or buboes which formed in the lymph nodes). The Black Death or bubonic plague was no longer a problem by Shakespeare's day, although it had killed about a third of the population 300 years earlier, but the pneumonic variety was still a serious health risk.

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How did the Black Death effect Shakespeare's plays?

Because so many people were ill with it that there was no-one to do the plays.


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Did the black plague kill any of Shakespeare's family?

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Did Hamnet's death effect Shakespeare's career?

Hamnet was Shakespeare's son, and it affected Shakespeare financially, although I'm not exactly sure how. William Shakespeare was terrified of the plague because he lost a lot of his brothers and sisters to it during the first major outbreak of the Bubonic plague. This is what Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet, died from, so you can imagine his devastation. Also...affect with an 'a' is a verb, effect with an 'e' is a noun. (Cause and effect, This affects that)


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