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  Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare in quarto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare in quarto
The Taming of the Shrew must be dated in relation to the anonymous play The Taming of A Shrew, entered on the Stationers’ Register in 1594 and printed the same year.
It appears to be a memorial reconstruction by actors of The Taming of the Shrew, with assistance from an unknown writer, and was probably written in 1592.
www.bl.uk /treasures/shakespeare/taming.html   (1062 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare.
Probably the first adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew was a sequel entitled The Tamer Tamed, also known as The Woman's Prize, a comedy written in 1611 (about twenty years after the original) by John Fletcher.
In Fletcher's play, the newly-widowed Petruchio is remarried to a bride who "tames" him, with the help of her friends, driving him from his house and refusing to let him have peace until he promises to respect and endeavor to satisfy her.
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 Taming of the Shrew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Shrews have the highest metabolisms of any North American mammal and, as such, are reported to eat their own weight in food each day.
Short-tailed Shrews produce a toxic saliva that paralyzes but doesn't necessarily kill prey animals, which they may store for future use; land snails are suspected to be a main component of the winter larder.
Although shrew venom is commonly said to be dangerous to humans, there is no strong medical evidence to support this conjecture.
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 Pygmalion - The Taming of the Shrew
A later example of the shrew is the character of Joe's wife in Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
The shrew was a woman who was out of control, unreasonably angry, and sometimes cruel.
Petruchio sets out to tame her much as the sportsman of his day tamed his falcon or the cowboy of this time breaks in a horse.
www.pygmalion.ws /stories/shrew.htm   (416 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew Summary & Essays - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is thought to have written The Taming of the Shrew between 1590 and 1594, although the only version that has survived is the one published in the First Folio in 1623.
In addition, an anonymous play entitled The Taming of a Shrew and published in 1594 is generally thought to be either a pirated copy of Shakespeare's play or an inaccurate copy of an earlier play that may have been another source for Shakespeare's version.
While the action of The Taming of a Shrew is very close to that of Shakespeare's play, both the language and the names of the characters are different.
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 Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's funniest looks at courtship and marriage.
Helsinger uses the setting to underscore a money-conscious community in which a clutch of suitors bid for Bianca, the beautiful younger daughter of rich Baptista Minola, and a trio of husbands wages bets on their wives.
What makes this Shrew a lot more than just a neat little comedy, though, is the way Helsinger and his two leads, Dan McCleary and Suzanne O'Donnell, have taken Shakespeare's story and found in it a story for our time.
www.shakespearefest.org /taming_shrew_95.htm   (1057 words)

  
 DOOR SHAKESPEARE - Advocate Review - The Taming of the Shrew
The in-your-lap production of "The Taming of the Shrew" brings William Shakespeare's tale to glorious life, captivating the audience at the garden at Björklunden Estate near Baileys Harbor.
She is the "shrew" of the title; her tongue bites at anyone who gets close.
Like past Door Shakespeare productions, "Taming of the Shrew" uses the natural settings of the garden for the setting, marking the parameters of the stage and entrances and exits.
my.pclink.com /~gomis/doorshakespeare/ToS_Review1.htm   (915 words)

  
 The Taming of The Shrew
While The Taming of The Shrew stresses masculine dominance, 10 things I hate about you focuses more on the female's ability to have control over the male.
In The Taming of The Shrew, Katherine changes to suit the preference of Petruchio.
While the relationship in The Taming of the Shrew is seemingly one sided, the relationship in 10 things I hate about you is genuine and the result of a compromise.
www19.homepage.villanova.edu /brendan.lavelle/taming_of_the_shrew.htm   (297 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Taming of the Shrew: Books: William Shakespeare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
One of the most controversial and problematic of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Taming of the Shrew is a typical Elizabethan domestic comedy written around 1592.
The synopsis made simple for the Taming of the Shrew is: Katharina is a 'shrew,' with a flaring temper, a streak of sarcasm, and is less elegant as her sister Bianca.
The Taming of the Shrew, Jun 10 2003
www.amazon.ca /Taming-Shrew-William-Shakespeare/dp/0671722891   (1172 words)

  
 SparkNotes: The Taming of the Shrew: Analysis of Major Characters
The boastful, selfish, mercurial Petruccio is one of the most difficult characters in The Taming of the Shrew: his behavior is extremely difficult to decipher, and our interpretation of the play as a whole changes dramatically depending on how we interpret Petruccio’s actions.
If, on the other hand, Petruccio is actually capable of loving Kate and conceives of taming her merely as a means to realize a happy marriage, then the play becomes an examination of the psychology of relationships.
Love certainly exists in the world of The Taming of the Shrew, but Lucentio’s theatrical love, attractive though it is, appears unable to cope with the full range of problems and considerations facing married couples in adult life.
www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/shrew/canalysis.html   (996 words)

  
 Taming of the Shrew -- PLAYS Directory @ Film-North
Sly does not even know what a comedy is but condescends to watch it, in company with his supposed wife; and the play 'proper' (which is thus a 'play within a play') then begins, with the story of Baptista and his daughters Katherine and Bianca and their various suitors.
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 Amazon.ca: Taming of the Shrew (Widescreen): DVD: Franco Zeffirelli,Elizabeth Taylor,Richard Burton,Cyril ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
A rollicking feast for the eye, ear, and funny bone, Franco Zeffirelli's "The Taming of The Shrew" is a tour de force for Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
He plans to tame Kate, marry her and be a rich man on her dowry.
'Taming' is a farcical comedy about a shrewish, willful spinster, and the gold-digging once-wealthy nobleman who marries her for money, but comes to realise her worth as a wife.
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 Taming of the Shrew by David Claudon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Petruchio sets out to "tame" the shrew, but in the process he seems to come to more of a mutual understanding about the dual nature of power needed in a functioning relationship.
Much debate centers on Kate's final speech which may be intended to be taken sincerely or may indicate Kate's final recognition of her need to temper her actions to win someone she loves.
In Bianca, Lucentio finds that looks may sometimes deceive and a real shrew may only appear after marriage--which was perhaps a common fear among people who found their marriages arranged for them without any consideration of love and relationships.
www.gallimauphry.com /PD/shrew/shrew.html   (915 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The climax of The Taming of the Shrew occurs, according to the first definition, in the fifth scene of Act IV when observes during the daytime how brightly the moon is shining.
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy that satirizes silly and unfair social customs and behaviors that favor males.
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy that satirizes silly or unfair social customs and courting practices, often through farce.
www.cummingsstudyguides.net /xTaming.html   (2903 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew
The idea of "taming" one's wife in Elizabethan England was a common one, and was coupled with a popular image of the shrewish wife in the male-dominated literary tradition.
The text exists in a puzzling relationship with a near-contemporary version, The Taming of a [not 'the'] Shrew, which has an impact on the way The Taming of the Shrew is understood.
However, it may have been confused with The Taming of a Shrew, which was entered into the Stationers' Register on May 2, 1594.
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 Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Search, Read, Study, Discuss.
At Petruchio's house, he further tries to tame Kate by starving her, refusing her to have new clothes, and refusing to visit her father's house since she continues to disagree with him, even though both know he is wrong.
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www.online-literature.com /shakespeare/shrew   (1568 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Taming of the Shrew (New Penguin Shakespeare): Books: William Shakespeare,G.R. Hibbard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The Taming of the Shrew (New Cambridge Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
Indeed, the theme is conquest and control of the shrew, of Katherina (or Katherine) - much of the comedy and drama derives from efforts to tame the woman's spirit.
www.amazon.co.uk /Taming-Shrew-New-Penguin-Shakespeare/dp/0140707107   (1191 words)

  
 Shakespeare Resource Center - The Taming of the Shrew Synopsis
Sly is dressed and placed in the lord's bedroom, then told that he is a nobleman who had been struck by insanity for some 15 years (from which he has just recovered).
For his entertainment, a group of players will present a play entitled "The Taming of the Shrew." (Note: these scenes are commonly omitted from stage productions, as Sly and the rest of the bunch from the Inductions never return to complete the "framework.")
This involves everything from showing up late to his own wedding to constant contradictions to whatever she says, even to the point of claiming that the sun is in fact the moon.
www.bardweb.net /plays/shrew.html   (377 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew
The Christopher Sly "induction" to The Taming of the Shrew is usually jettisoned; or if included, he is usually carried off sleeping.
But the bitter undertaste is pushed off to the side as a vaudeville/burlesque version of Shrew is performed for their, and the audience's, benefit.
And while this Shrew was fast it was also wonderfully clear, with some terrific performances that kept the concept from overwhelming the play.
www.oobr.com /top/volEight/twelve/1111shrew.htm   (615 words)

  
 Shows: Taming of the Shrew
Instead of lyrical poetry and delicate humor, The Taming of the Shrew is filled with coarse vivid puns.
The "Shrew" is Katerina Minola, the eldest daughter of a Lord in Padua.
On this day in 1594, Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" was entered in the Stationers' Register by printer Peter Short.
shows.vtheatre.net /shrew/title.html   (1144 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew Gender Roles in Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew Gender Roles in Taming of the Shrew
Since Katherina's shrewish behavior constitutes the central problem of the play, it is not surprising that most critical commentary on The Taming of the Shrew deals to some extent with its vision of the relative roles of men and women.
Until well into the nineteenth century, audiences and critics alike seem to have accepted at face value what appears to be the play's central assumption about gender roles: that male dominance and female submission constitute the right and natural relationship between the sexes.
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 Penguin Classics | Classics Teachers' Guides
Later, in the play-within-a-play, Petruchio pretends to be a male counterpart to the shrew, beating and berating his servants and yet treating Kate with exaggerated kindness.
Webster defines shrew as "a vexatious, scolding, or brawling woman." Kate is also described in the play as headstrong, cursed, mad, and choleric.
Webster offers, "converted to the home life; tame." Students can see that the play will be about "a scolding, brawling woman who is changed from the wild state and converted to home life." That idea alone ought to prompt a lively classroom discussion.
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 Amazon.fr : The Taming of the Shrew: Livres en anglais: William Shakespeare,T. J. B. Spencer,G. R. Hibbard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Amazon.fr : The Taming of the Shrew: Livres en anglais: William Shakespeare,T. Spencer,G. Hibbard
Although Katharina repeatedly insults Petruchio, he woos, wins, and tames her by insisting that she is actually the soul of gentleness and patience.
After their marriage, he makes her forgo food, sleep, and fancy clothing, and he outdoes her mean tongue by abusing the servants.
www.amazon.fr /Taming-Shrew-William-Shakespeare/dp/0140707107   (599 words)

  
 Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew: Analyzing Kate
He is delighted to hear that she has broken a lute over his friend’s head for it shows spirit and he thinks the better of her for it.
This puzzles Kate who has no alternative but to keep acting as the shrew she portrayed herself to be the past several years.
It is the moment at which the shrew is tamed, although she never was a real shrew; the formerly unhappy Katherine discovers how to be a happy Kate.
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 Shows: Taming of the Shrew, Intro
However, unlike other Shakespearean comedies, The Taming of the Shrew does not conclude its examination of love and marriage with the wedding.
Disguise figures prominently in The Taming of the Shrew: Sly dresses as a lord, Lucentio dresses as a Latin tutor, Tranio dresses as Lucentio, Hortensio dresses as a music tutor, and the pedant dresses as Vincentio.
In The Taming of the Shrew, society involves a web of antecedents that are always able to uncover one’s true nature, no matter how differently one wishes to portray oneself.
shows.vtheatre.net /shrew/intro.html   (2194 words)

  
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 The Taming of A Shrew
Sly shall be surrounded by sumptuousness, a banquet, "heavenlie musicke" (40), and servants, including the nobleman himself in disguise.
He does, but "baselie attired, and a red cap on his head" (636-637), explaining that Kate's such a shrew that she is liable to destroy any nice clothes he might wear.
I know now how to tame a shrew, / I dreamt vpon it all this night till now, / And thou hast wakt me out of the best dreame / That euer I had in my life, but Ile to my / Wife presently and tame her too / And if she anger me" (1619-1624).
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