Well, The shakespeare theatre was closed in 1592 because of a disease called the bubonic plague which was carried by rats and easily catchable. Shakespeare said that he did not want to catch the plague and die a horrid death so he decided to go out of the country until the plague wore off, he did not return for two years.
Hi there! I'll try to answer your question, but I can only really account accurately for one of the dates in question.
On 29th June 1613, the Globe Theatre, the iconic 'home' of William Shakespeare, burnt down due to fire. The roof of it, as well as the modern reproduction in the centre of London, was made of thatching, and much of the inside consisted of wood beams. During a performance of Henry the Eighth, a theatrical cannon misfired and both the beams and thatching went up in flames. It was later rebuilt and survived further until 1642.
As for the incident in 1592, however..! The Globe was forced to close once a week in 1591 in the interest of other businesses, as theatres had become so immensely popular, but it is more likely to be the much more prolonged closure in 1593, which was brought on because of the Bubonic plague (or black death).
I hope this answers your question and I hope this last one was the event you were referring to. I'm perfectly happy to be proved wrong if indeed there was a Globe closure in 1592...
It was closed due to an outbreak of Bubonic Plague, which regularly swept London, so much so, that if you were over thirty years old, you were considered old! Bubonic Plague, (Ring-a-ring a roses), would kill you in four days, its big brother,Pneumonic Plague, would kill you in two! The London theatres, such as they were, were closed for two years. In that time, Shakespeare's company went 'on the road', simply to escape the ravages of Plague. During that time, he wrote 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece' both for his patron, the young Earl of Southampton.
This was the 'Theatre', built, in 1576, by James Burbage,(father of Richard), it was closed in 1592 until 1594, because of the Bubonic Plague. Later, after an argument with the man who owned the land the 'Theatre' stood on, it was pulled down, in 1598, and resurrected at Bankside south of the Thames , being renamed the 'Globe' (1599).It burnt down,in 1613, after embers from a cannon during a performance of HenryV, ignited the thatching on the roof, but was rebuilt.
