William Shakespeare's 'missing home' is FOUND in extraordinary chance discovery

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William Shakespeare's 'missing home' is FOUND in extraordinary chance discovery.

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A Shakespeare scholar has determined the precise location of the playwright's sole London residence in Blackfriars, following her discovery of a previously unknown architectural drawing from 1668.Professor Lucy Munro, of King's College London, pinpointed both the position and dimensions of the dwelling Shakespeare purchased in 1613.The conventional view held that the Bard largely withdrew from theatrical life shortly after acquiring the house, returning to his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.Yet scholars now suggest this finding may indicate Shakespeare remained active in the capital for longer than historians had assumed.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Professor Munro unearthed three archival documents - two held at the London Archives and a third at the National Archives - that shed new light on the property.She said: "I was doing research as part of a wider project and couldn't believe it when I realised what I was looking at - the floorplan of Shakespeare's Blackfriars...

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