why did they close the theatres in London when the plague was spreading?

Question

i know they closed the theatres but i need some detail on why besides the plague

Answer 1

All the above answers are correct. In addition, actors had a tendency to move from place to place. When they travelled all over the country, performing before huge crowds, it was pretty much a cert that they were going to spread plague. Shut the theaters and the actors stayed put.

Answer 2

It was done to avoid large crowds gathering, in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease.
I believe the same thing was done, for the same reason, during the Spanish Flu (Pneumonic Flu) pandemic after World War 1.

The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.
It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.
More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351.
Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.

Answer 3

Not only were they scared of plague spreading, but any one who was anybody (including the Court) moved out of London and there just wasn't the audiences.

Answer 4

The theaters were places where large crowds would gather, and make is quite easy for the disease to spread to many people.

I think it also helps that not all the people in power had appreciation for the theaters, feeling that they were crude entertainment, and you have to remember- they treated actors in those days like the scum they are, not as celebrities like we mis-guided fools.

Answer 5

No money. The people who had money went for a vacation in the country and without ticket buyers; well, just follow the money.

Answer 6

Isn't that enough?