ABSTRACT
The formal teaching of Shakespeare in the schools began not in Britain but in India, where students lacked an "Englishman's constitution" and therefore had to be taught "thoughts and beauties" that an Englishman would grasp "by instinct". The teaching of Shakespeare in India goes as far back as the early eighteenth century, and by the mid-nineteenth, had become routine in British government schools. World War One left its mark on Shakespeare editing, as it did on nearly every other element of British culture, both at home and in the colonies. Some teachers of Shakespeare in India created their own printed teaching versions of single plays for the sake of pedagogical convenience, but over time there were also series of plays specifically edited for Indian students. The production of editions of Shakespeare's plays for specific use in India under the Raj.
