ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Waves of the bubonic plague killed at least a third of the European population across centuries. A year or so before Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet, ” a powerful plague struck London in 1593. Theatres closed for 14 months and 10, 000 Londoners died, says Columbia University professor and author James Shapiro.

Detailed explanation-3: -When plague hit London in 1592, theatres across the city closed down. They remained dark for virtually the entirety of this outbreak, lasting from the autumn of 1592 to May 1594.

Detailed explanation-4: -From June 1592 to April 1594, London Theatres were closed, first through riots and then the plague, the exception being a month at Christmas time.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the Elizabethan era there were constant outbreaks of the deadly Bubonic Plague (The Black Death). The large audiences who were attracted to the massive theaters posed a real health hazard to the largely populated city of London and in 1593 Theatres were close due to the Bubonic Plague (The Black Death).