Kiss Me, Kate debuted in theaters in 1948, the same time it made its big appearance in Hollywood. Fun fact: The Barter Theatre was built in the 1930s, making it a classic building of Virginia. In Kiss Me, Kate, the play shows many 1940s contemporaries (i.e. fedora-clad gangsters and jazz everywhere you listen).
The reason Kiss Me, Kate was seen by these classes is its relation to Shakespeare's work, of which we all know the English teachers are fans. (If you didn't know, Mrs. Patrick even has a hang-up life-size picture of him on her classroom's closet door.)
-Catherine Cober
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