Shakespeare’s plays possibly ‘inspired by London neighbours’
Bard’s home, possibly near Liverpool Street, could have been next to ‘powerful figures’
Some of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays may have been inspired by his elite neighbours, a theatre historian has claimed.
Geoffrey Marsh, director of the V&A’s department of theatre and performance, spent 10 years researching the exact location and surroundings of Shakespeare’s east London home close to Liverpool Street station in the late 1590s.