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- The Taming of the Shrew, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1590–94 and first printed in the First Folio of 1623.
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The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.
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The Taming of the Shrew is a play within a play by Shakespeare. It’s a story told by a man, Sly, in an alehouse in England, and his story is set in Padua, Italy – in a public square, in Baptista’s house, and in Lucentio’s house. Other scenes take place in Petruchio’s country house and on the road between there and Lucentio’s house. Read more about ...
Here is a brief plot summary of The Taming of the Shrew: A wealthy Padua merchant, Baptista, has two daughters. One day Lucentio, a student, comes to Padua, sees Bianca, the younger sister, and falls madly in love with her. He has heard, though, that Baptista will not allow Bianca to be married before her older sister, Katherina, a very forceful ch...
This is an interesting play in that Shakespeare explores the relationship between men and women intensely – more so than in any other play. The way women are treated and the effects of that is the main theme of the play. Baptista has complete domination over his daughters and dictates to them on every matter. Katherine is ‘tamed’ by her husband as ...
The Taming of the Shrew was first published in the 1623 First Folio, and that text is generally the source for subsequent editions. The only complication is a 1594 quarto titled The Taming of A Shrew that is not ascribed to Shakespeare and which has an uncertain relationship to The Shrew.
It is supposed to be written between 1590 and 1592. The play opens with a device referred to as an introduction. In the introduction, an impish nobleman beguiles a drunken man Christopher Sly to believe that he is a nobleman. To divert the sly, the nobleman performs the play, which is the main plot of The Taming of the Shrew.
Full Title: The Taming of the Shrew; When Written: Early 1590s Where Written: England When Published: 1623 Literary Period: English Renaissance (also called the early modern era) Genre: Elizabethan Comedy Setting: The main action occurs in Padua, Italy and Petruchio's country home. (Though the main action is actually a play-within-a-play, and ...
The Taming of the Shrew was first printed in the 1623 collection of Shakespeare’s plays now known as the First Folio.
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