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C. The theatre moves to Southwark 6. The new Globe Theatre opened in
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b) 1599
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this time because … .
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now … of London. Shakespeare's plays was published

by … .
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Shakespeare's time were destroyed

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by … in 1666.
a) fire Task 3
b) flood Match the adjectives for describing towns
c) war and cities with their opposites.

4. Shakespeare's first theatre was in …

London.
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