The Taming of the ShrewThe story of Katherina and her marriage to Petruchio has been popular in the theatre for four centuries, but the joke of taming an unruly woman has become increasingly controversial. This edition examines how theatre directors and performers have explored the complexities of Katherina's story and that of Christopher Sly, the poor man whose story frames hers. The edition surveys a variety of productions in the English-speaking world. It informs readers about precise details of the stage action and in the context of contemporary theatrical, societal and political conditions. |
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Contents
List of illustrations | viii |
Series editors preface | ix |
Acknowledgements | xi |
Editors note | xiii |
List of abbreviations | xiv |
List of productions | xv |
Introduction | 1 |
The Taming of the Shrew and commentary | 77 |
Sly Interludes from A Shrew | 236 |
spinoffs and adaptations | 238 |
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Actors Alexander 1992 Alfred Lunt Allison Anglin Antoon April Asche audience Ayliff Ball Baptista Bartholomew Barton became Benson Benthall Bianca Biondello Bogdanov Bridges-Adams 1920 Burrell Colm Feore Curtis Daly Date Director Devine Dews dress E. H. Sothern Elizabethan Enter Exeunt Exit father film Fiona Shaw Folio Gribble Grumio Guthrie Harvey Hodgman horse Hortensio Induction inner play Interlude John joke July June Kate Katherina Katherina and Petruchio kiss Komisarjevsky 1939 Kyle laugh Leach Lord Lord's Lucentio March Marowitz marry master McDonald pbk Miller mistress Monette Nunn October offstage Old Vic onstage Oscar Asche Padua Pedant Merchant performance Petruchio played Katherina players Playhouse production promptbook Reinhardt 1909 Robertson Davies Sauny the Scot scene servants Shakespeare Shrew Signor Sly's Sothern and Marlowe speech stage Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon suggests Tailor Taming Theatre thee thou touring Tranio Trevis Vincentio Webster wedding Widow wife Woman's Prize Zeffirelli