Andrew Gurr has taught at universities in New Zealand, England, Kenya and the USA. He spent twenty years as Director of Research at the Shakespeare Globe Centre, London. His academic books include Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (Cambridge University Press, 1987); The Shakespearean Stage, 1574–1642 (Cambridge University Press, 1992); The Shakespearian Playing Companies (1996); The Shakespeare Company 1594–1642 (2004); and Shakespeare's Opposites (Cambridge University Press, 2009).