. William Shakespere : a biography. tleman; whilst his fellow John Hemyng, who is a party to thesame deed, is described as^of London, gentleman. From the situation of theproperty it would appear to have been bought either as an appurtenance to thetheatre, or for some protection of the interests of the sharers. In the deed ol1602, Shakspere is also described as of Stratford-upon-Avon, It is natural that heshould be so described, in a deed for the purchase of land at Stratford ; but uponthe same principle, had he been a resident in London in 1613, he would have beendescribed as of London in a de
. William Shakespere : a biography. tleman; whilst his fellow John Hemyng, who is a party to thesame deed, is described as^of London, gentleman. From the situation of theproperty it would appear to have been bought either as an appurtenance to thetheatre, or for some protection of the interests of the sharers. In the deed ol1602, Shakspere is also described as of Stratford-upon-Avon, It is natural that heshould be so described, in a deed for the purchase of land at Stratford ; but uponthe same principle, had he been a resident in London in 1613, he would have beendescribed as of London in a deed for the purchase of property in London. Yet wealso look u])on this conveyance as evidence that Shakspere had in March 1613 notwholly severed himself from his interest in the He is in London at thesigning of tlie deed, attending, probably, to the duties which still devolved uponhim as a sharer in the Blackfriars. He is not a resident in London ; he has come See page + Src> Note at the cud uf this SIO. TEdwai-d AUeyn.] to town, as Thomas Greene describes, in 1614. But we have no evidence tliat hesold liis theatrical property at all. Certainly the evidence that he sold it to EdwardAlleyn may be laid aside in any attempt to fix the date of Shaksperes departurefrom London. In the November of 1611 two of Shaksperes plays were acted at entries of their performance are thus given in the Book of the Revels :— By the Kiiif^s H;\llumas nyi^lit was preseuted att Whithull before y* lvin;,e Pla^-ers : M:i■ a play called the Tempest. The Kings The 5th of Nouember; A play ailloJ y° winters iii^lita Players: Tayle. That The Tempest was a new play when thus performed, it would be difficultto affirm, upon this entry alone. In the earlier part of the reign of James wehave seen that old plays of Shakspere were performed before the King; but atthat period all his plays would be equally novel to the Monarch and to theCourt. According to the accounts
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