Hello! This used to be the Beyond Shakespeare blog. Actually, it used to be the Before Shakespeare blog, then the Beyond Shakespeare blog, and now it's... well, defunct - or, at least, no longer here. For everything Beyond go to our website - https://beyondshakespeare.org/ which will nudge you towards the podcast, the YouTube, the patreon, the live shows and more.
From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This is a blog about what exists beyond Shakespeare, about the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.
