London, England is an amazingly culturally rich city that has been prominent throughout the world for many centuries. When visiting England is it easy for the guests staying in a London hotel to get a sense of the strong historical elements that are associated with it. It has been a dominant world force in many eras and is also known for some of its glory ages. The Elizabethan period was just one of these, and like the rest of England’s history, it is shrouded in mystery and complicated political and social aspects. This only adds to the allure and interest in London and its intriguing history.

One of the most famous personalities to rise out of London during the Elizabethan age was that of William Shakespeare. He was actually born in a small river town, Stratford upon Avon, though he arrived in London at a young age and almost never looked back. His family remained in Stratford, however, and he would return periodically for visits and at the end of his of his life. Shakespeare began his stage career as an actor and he also directed for most of his professional career. However, and undoubtedly, what he is and will always be most known for is his plays.

Shakespeare primarily wrote three types of plays, comedies, tragedies and histories, though in recent decades critics and scholars have introduced and knew genre of problem plays that don’t easily fit into any of the other categories, though traditionally they have been accepted as one of the standard three. The problem plays present a social or political problem or situation and while they do not provide concrete answers or solutions, they carry out the potential consequences involved. Other famous Elizabethan playwrights who worked in London in and around the time of Shakespeare include Ben Johnson, Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe, among others. Ben Johnson is most known for his satirical works including Volpone, Bartholomew Fair and The Alchemist. Thomas Kyd is remembered for his highly influential play The Spanish Tragedy and Christopher Marlowe is known as much for his controversial life and death as for one of his greatest plays, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.