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Last week, the University of Kent’s Middling Culture Project released a fun Social Status Calculator for determining (as the name suggests) the social status of 16th and 17th century English people. Although The Taming of the Shrew is nominally set in Italy, it’s safe to say that when considering issues of class and marriage, Shakespeare is almost always really writing about England. So let’s quiz Petruchio on his social status.

Box Office Bears has begun! But who were they and what does it mean?

This is just a short note to let you know that members of the Before Shakespeare team have set up a YouTube channel seeking to provide a space for fun, relaxed and silly conversations about scholarship and creativity.

One of the concerns of Before Shakespeare is the impact of the canon on contemporary performance, editorial practice and theatre history.

One of the concerns of Before Shakespeare is the impact of the canon on contemporary performance, editorial practice and theatre history.

One of the concerns of Before Shakespeare is the impact of the canon on contemporary performance, editorial practice and theatre history. Dramatists, like playhouses, are often divided, either explicitly or implicitly, into groups deemed major or minor.