How Did Jane Brown Change Shakespeare

1. One example of Shakespeare’s gender politics not being wholly accepted anymore in our constantly evolving society, is the case of one Head teacher from a school in Hackney, London who decided she did not want her pupils to watch the ballet of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet after being offered discounted tickets. In 1994, Jane Brown’s decision transformed the way people thought about British cultural politics within Shakespeare. Describing it as “”, Brown’s story made headlines and eventually led to Romeo and Juliet being taken off school’s curriculums.