William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew" (The New Cambridge Shakespeare, Updated Edition)
Edited by Ann Thompson
Cambridge University Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0521532493 | 212 pages | siPDF | 5.6 MB

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

“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)
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