The key dates
1564 Shakespeare
born in Stratford-upon-Avon.
1594 Joins
Lord Chamberlain's
Men. Titus Andronicus,
first quarto,
published.
1599 Globe
playhouse built.
1603 Death
of Elizabeth
I. Accession
of James I.
1613 Shakespeare's
writing career
over.
1616 Shakespeare
dies in Stratford-upon-Avon.
1623 Publication
of the First
Folio.
1642 Civil
War closes the
theatres.
1660 Theatres
reopen with
restoration
of Charles II.
1769 Garrick's
Shakespeare
Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon.
1780 Garrick's
library arrives
in British Museum.
1828 George
III's library
arrives in British
Museum.
1858 Quartos
purchased from
Halliwell-Phillipps.
2003 British
Library Shakespeare
quartos digitised.
