In her excellent book, Shakespeare's Wife, Germaine Greer argues that Shakespeare left home in 1582 when he married Anne. Her view is that married couples never lived in the same house as the parents of either of them at the time of Shakespeare. As soon as William married Anne, they had to move out. Greer speculates that they may have moved into very small and cheap rental accomodations.
Probably his decision to leave Stratford to look for work in London.
The exact date when Shakespeare left Stratford for London is not known. It was betweem 1585 and 1592 - see the related question below.
Shakespeare did his work in London to keep William Shakespeare alive.
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Shakespeare did not change his life in any way as a result of Hamnet's death. Shakespeare left Stratford for London sometime between 1585 and 1590. Hamnet did not die until 1596, by which time Shakespeare was well-settled in London.
Probably his decision to leave Stratford to look for work in London.
The exact date when Shakespeare left Stratford for London is not known. It was betweem 1585 and 1592 - see the related question below.
Shakespeare did his work in London to keep William Shakespeare alive.
In 1593, a plague outbreak in London caused the theatres to close. Shakespeare had chosen not to leave London, but rather had chosen to stay and put the finishing touches to his first published work, Venus and Adonis.
When Shakespeare retired he left London and returned to his home in Stratford.
We don't know for certain, but he probably couldn't get the job he wanted in Stratford.
William Shakespeare was 28 in 1592, at which time he was firmly installed in London. He didn't leave England at this time or probably at any time in his life.
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Shakespeare wrote all of his plays in London. Where exactly in London is an open question.
Shakespeare's children were born in 1583 and 1585. There is no record of Shakespeare in London until 1592. Scholars speculate that he went to London between 1590 and 1591.
Shakespeare was first mentioned as a London playwright in 1592, in a pamphlet by Robert Greene where he referred to Shakespeare as an "upstart crow."