William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew" (The New Cambridge Shakespeare, Updated Edition)

One of Shakespeare's most popular yet controversial plays, this edition of The Taming of the Shrew considers its reception in the light of the hostility and embarrassment it often arouses, taking account of both scholarly defences and modern feminist criticism of the play.

For this updated edition Ann Thompson has added new sections to the Introduction which describe the 'deeply problematic' nature of debates about the play and its reception since the 1980s. She discusses recent editions and textual, performance and critical studies.

About The New Cambridge Shakespeare Series
The New Cambridge Shakespeare is an edition of Shakespeare's works, consisting of a separate volume for each play, and a volume each for the Sonnets and the narrative poems. The texts have been prepared by an international team of the very best scholars, who provide in each case a freshly-considered and modernised text, a substantial introduction and commentary at the foot of the page. The series pays particular attention to the play in performance, commenting on the stage action and offering a performance history with illustrations. It is aimed at students of Shakespeare from A level or its equivalent, and onwards, including undergraduates, graduates and teachers.

An international team of scholars offers:

• modernized, easily accessible texts
  
• ample commentary and introductions
  
• attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history
  
• informative illustrations

Contents

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List of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations and Conventions 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 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 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

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Tags: qShakespeare, qDrama, qLiterature, qLiteraryCriticism

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