1576 : First public theatre built in England 1594 : Composition of A MidsummerNight's Dream 1597 : Publication of Romeo and Juliet 1598 : Hamlet 1599 : Twelfth Night 1604 : Othello 1606 : King Lear __ Macbeth 1623 : First edition of all his plays 1642 : Puritans closed all theatres