William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an actor and shareholder with The King's Men theater troupe when the bubonic plague forced London theaters to close.
The theater industry was out of action for much of 1606. After suddenly finding himself without a steady job and lots of free time, Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra before the year was over.
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