Mystery of Shakespeare’s London house resolved, found near Blackfriars Theatre

William Shakespeare and the place of his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon. Pic/National Portrait Gallery

Fans of William Shakespeare know that the great playwright came from Stratford-upon-Avon, the riverside English town where tourists still throng to see his childhood home. But he made his name in London - though few traces of him remain in the British capital.

A newly discovered 17th-century map sheds new light on the Bard's London life, pinpointing for the first time the exact location of the only home Shakespeare bought in the city, and where he may have worked on his final plays.

Historians have long known that Shakespeare bought property in 1613 near the Black friars Theatre, but the exact location was a mystery.

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