Likewise, when did Shakespeare go to London?
From 1585 until 1592, very little is known about Shakespeare. These are generally referred to as 'The Lost Years'. But by 1592 we know that he was in London where he was singled out by a rival dramatist, Robert Greene in his bitter deathbed pamphlet, A Groats-worth of Witte.
Furthermore, what happened to Shakespeare's family when he went to London? In the years ahead, Anne and the children lived in Stratford while Shakespeare worked in London, although we don't know when he moved there. Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet, died in 1596 at the age of 11. His older daughter Susanna later married a well-to-do Stratford doctor, John Hall.
Simply so, how did Shakespeare travel to London?
He would have walked to London. This is thought to be the route he would have taken. Historians and scholars think that, leaving early every morning from wherever he slept at night, walking briskly across fields and if they were not too muddy, roads, it would have taken him six days.
Did Shakespeare ever leave England?
William Shakespeare of Stratford is not known ever to have traveled outside England. No records exist of his travelling abroad; no friend ever mentioned travelling with him; no foreigner ever noticed him.
