Shakespeare's 'missing' home mapped with discovery
A Shakespeare expert identifies the location and size of the property the playwright bought in1613.
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"I was doing research as part of a wider project and couldn't believe it when I realised what I was looking at - the floorplan of Shakespeare's Blackfriars house."
— Prof Lucy Munro , Academic
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A Shakespeare expert identifies the location and size of the property the playwright bought in1613.
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