This is a dataset of the results of the Teaching Shakespeare's Violence project, funded by a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (ref. SRG2223\230282.). It includes transcripts of four focus groups held with A-level students in Staffordshire; the survey responses of 310 students aged 14-19 in the Staffordshire and London areas, including the coding added by the researchers; a copy of the original survey; and the coding framework used by the research team