The taming of the shrew [eBook - hoopla]

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The taming of the shrew

(2015)

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[United States] : Interactive Media : Made available through hoopla, 2015

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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN

9781910833568 (electronic bk.) MWT11620990, 1910833568 (electronic bk.) 11620990

LANGUAGE

English

SERIES

Shakespeare plays

NOTES

Simon Chandler (Lucentio) ; Anthony Pedley (Tranio) ; John Franklyn-Robbins (Baptista) ; Frank Thornton (Gremio) ; Sarah Badel (Katherine) ; Jonathan Cecil (Hortensio) ; Susan Penhaligon (Bianca) ; Harry Waters (Biondello) ; John Cleese (Petruchio) ; David Kincaid (Grumio) ; Bev Willis (Baptista's servant) ; Angus Lennie (Curtis) ; Harry Webster (Nathaniel) ; Gil Morris (Philip) ; Leslie Sarony (Gregory) ; Derek Deadman (Nicholas) ; Denis Gilmore (Peter) ; John Bird (Pedant) ; Alan Hay (Tailor) ; David Kinsey (Haberdasher) ; John Barron (Vincentio) ; Joan Hickson (Widow) ; Tony Martell (Officer)

The comedy begins with an induction in which we follow a drunken tinker being tricked into believing he is a nobleman. He then watches a play depicting nobleman Petruchio's marriage with an outspoken, intelligent and bad-tempered shrew named Katherine. Petruchio manipulates and tames her until she is obedient to his will. The main subplot features the courting of Katherine's more conventional sister Bianca by numerous suitors. The content has become the subject of considerable controversy

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