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The Taming of the Shrew
Hosley, Richard

The Pelican Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew

Penguin Books (1964)
Paperback
138 pages | 4.2 x 7 inch
LC Classification PR2832.A2 H6 1963
LC Control No. 62007711

Genre

  • Comedies.

Subject

  • Man-woman Relationships--Drama.
  • Married People--Drama.
  • Padua (Italy)--Drama.
  • Sex Role--Drama.

Plot

Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise.Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate?The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.Frances Barber and Roger Allam are Kate and Petruchio. Lucentio is played by Alan Cox.

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