FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He died
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The Globe theater burned down
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COVID19
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The onset of the bubonic plague
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the fateful performance of Henry VIII on 29 June 1613, the cannon announcing the unexpected arrival of the king at the end of Act 1 set fire to the thatched roof, and within an hour the Globe burned to the ground.
Detailed explanation-2: -Disaster struck the Globe in 1613. On 29 June, at a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, some small cannons were fired. They didn’t use cannon balls, but they did use gunpowder held down by wadding. A piece of burning wadding set fire to the thatch.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 29 June 1613, the original Globe theatre in London, where most of William Shakespeare’s plays debuted, was destroyed by fire during a performance of All is True (known to modern audiences as Henry VIII).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Globe Theatre burned to the ground on June 29, 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare’s last history play Henry VIII: Or, All is True. A volatile combination of a cheap roof and pyrotechnic effects could have doomed the Globe forever.
Detailed explanation-5: -Even as theaters sit empty, performance endures. This was also the case in Shakespeare’s day. Late in the summer of 1610, the King’s Men were forced to leave London due to an outbreak of plague. As the death toll rose, the playhouses were shuttered, just as they had been on a number of occasions in recent memory.