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The Taming of the Shrew

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An updated edition with new sections added to the Introduction.

Author(s): William Shakespeare; Ann Thompson
Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2003

Language: English
Pages: 198

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations and Conventions
1. Shakespeare's plays
2. Editions
3. Other works, periodicals, general references
Introduction
Date and theatrical context
The Shrew in the context of Shakespeare's own work
Sources
The Taming of the Shrew on stage
Critical approaches
Postscript: working on the play
Recent textual, critical and stage interpretations
Editions and Textual Studies
The Shrew on stage (and screen); Performance Studies
Critical Studies
Have we made any progress?
Note on the Text
List of Characters
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Induction
1
2
Act 1
1
2
Act 2
1
Act 3
1
2
Act 4
1
2
3
4
5
Act 5
1
2
Textual analysis
The nature of the copy and its transmission
Is the Folio text an incomplete or revised version?
The relationship of The Shrew and A Shrew
Conclusions
Appendixes
1. Passages from A Taming of the Shrew
The additional Sly material
An additional scene
2. The staging of Induction 2
3. Music in the play and Hortensio's gamut (3.1.64-75)
Reading list