The taming of the shrew

The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography. Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and References 1. Editions 2. Textual Commentaries 3. Other Works 4. Periodicals Introduction 1. The text The Copy 2. The Shrew and A Shrew 3. The date 4. Authorship and sources 5. The play Its Afterlife Structures Themes Education Metamorphosis Love and marriage THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Dramatis Personne Induction 1 2 Act I 1 2 Act II 1 Act III 1 2 Act IV 1 2 3 4 5 Act V 1 2 Appendix I. Evidence to establish the relationship of The Shrew and A Shrew, from Samuel Hickson Appendix II. The Sly scenes in A Shrew Appendix III. A source and analogues This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a seperate introduction to Pericles, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.