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The Taming of The Shrew: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern. Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
Jul 1, 2000 · The Taming of the Shrew Note: There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1508: Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Comedies Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Drama Subject: Married people -- Drama Subject: Sex role -- Drama Subject: Padua (Italy) -- Drama Category: Text: EBook-No ...
Jul 4, 2023 · ACT I SCENE I. Padua. A public place. Flourish. Enter Lucentio and Tranio.. LUCENTIO. Tranio, since for the great desire I had To see fair Padua, nursery of arts, I am arriv’d for fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy, And by my father’s love and leave am arm’d With his good will and thy good company, My trusty servant well approv’d in all, Here let us breathe, and haply institute A course of learning and ingenious studies.
The Shakescleare modern English translation of The Taming of the Shrew makes it easy to decipher Shakespeare’s nuanced language and will help you appreciate all of the play’s most famous lines--like “If I be waspish, best beware my sting.”
Jul 31, 2015 · Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio's wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from…
Jul 31, 2015 · Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio's wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from…
The Taming of the Shrew has basic similarities to other Shakespearean comedies and can be seen as following in the tradition of ancient Roman comedy, especially those of the playwright Plautus, whose plays are filled with clever slaves tricking their masters and star-struck young lovers whose plans for marriage are delayed and obviated but ultimately fulfilled.
