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    Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Taming of the Shrew’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Shakespeare includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    * The complete unabridged text of ‘Taming of the Shrew’
    * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Shakespeare’s works
    * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786562753
    Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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      Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (Illustrated) - William Shakespeare

      The Complete Works of

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      VOLUME 7 OF 74

      Taming of the Shrew

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2012

      Version 6

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Taming of the Shrew’

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition (in 74 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 275 3

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 7 of the Delphi Classics edition of William Shakespeare in 74 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Taming of the Shrew from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of William Shakespeare, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of William Shakespeare or the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      IN 74 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Plays

      1, Henry  VI, Part 2

      2, Henry  VI, Part 3

      3, Henry  VI, Part 1

      4, Richard  III

      5, The Comedy of Errors

      6, Titus Andronicus

      7, Taming of the Shrew

      8, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

      9, Love’s Labour’s Lost

      10, Romeo and Juliet

      11, Richard II

      12, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

      13, King John

      14, The Merchant of Venice

      15, Henry IV, Part I

      16, Henry IV, Part II

      17, Much Ado About Nothing

      18, Henry V

      19, Julius Caesar

      20, As You Like It

      21, Twelfth Night

      22, Hamlet

      23, The Merry Wives of Windsor

      24, Troilus and Cressida

      25, All’s Well that Ends Well

      26, Measure for Measure

      27, Othello

      28, King Lear

      29, Macbeth

      30, Antony and Cleopatra

      31, Coriolanus

      32, Timon of Athens

      33, Pericles

      34, Cymbeline

      35, The Winter’s Tale

      36, The Tempest

      37, Henry  VIII

      38, The Two Noble Kinsmen

      The Lost Plays

      39, The Lost Plays

      The Sources

      40, The Plays’ Sources

      The Apocryphal Plays

      41, Arden of Faversham

      42, The Birth of Merlin

      43, King Edward  III

      44, Locrine

      45, The London Prodigal

      46, The Puritan

      47, The Second Maiden’s Tragedy

      48, Sir John Oldcastle

      49, Thomas Lord Cromwell

      50, A Yorkshire Tragedy

      51, Sir Thomas More

      52, Fair Em

      53, Mucedorus

      54, The Merry Devil of Edmonton

      55, Edmund Ironside

      56, Thomas of Woodstock

      57, Vortigern and Rowena

      The Adaptations

      58, Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

      The Poetry

      59, The Sonnets

      60, Venus and Adonis

      61, The Rape of Lucrece

      62, The Passionate Pilgrim

      63, The Phoenix and the Turtle

      64, A Lover’s Complaint

      The Apocryphal Poetry

      65, To the Queen

      66, A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter

      67, Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music

      The Criticism

      68, The Criticism

      The Biographies

      69, Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear by Nicholas Rowe

      70, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters by Henry Norman Hudson

      71, Life of William Shakespeare by Sir Sidney Lee

      72, Shakespeare’s Lost Years in London by Arthur Acheson

      73, The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote by Charles Dudley Warner

      Resources

      74, Resources

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      Taming of the Shrew

      This comedy was written in approximately 1592.  The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments — the taming — until she is an obedient bride. The sub-plot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina’s more polite sister, Bianca.

      The play begins with a framing device, known as an Induction, in which a drunken tinker named Sly is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord. The Lord then has a play performed for Sly’s amusement, set in Padua with a primary and sub-plot.

      An illustration of Act 4, Scene 3 from the Illustrated London News, 1886

      CONTENTS

      Dramatis Personæ

      Induction. Scene I.

      Induction. Scene II.

      Act I. Scene I.

      Act I. Scene II.

      Act II. Scene I.

      Act III. Scene I.

      Act III. Scene II.

      Act IV. Scene I.

      Act IV. Scene II.

      Act IV. Scene III.

      Act IV. Scene IV.

      Act IV. Scene V.

      Act V. Scene I.

      Act V. Scene II.

      The famous 1967 film adaptation starring Elizabeth Taylor

      A musical inspired by the play

      The 1999 teen romcom inspired by ‘The Taming of the Shrew’

      Dramatis Personæ

      A Lord.

      CHRISTOPHER SLY, a Tinker, Hostess, Page, Players, Huntsmen, and Servants: Persons in the Induction.

      BAPTISTA, a rich Gentleman of Padua.

      VINCENTIO, an old Gentleman of Pisa.

      LUCENTIO, son to Vincentio; in love with Bianca.

      PETRUCHIO, a Gentleman of Verona; Suitor to Katharina.

      GREMIO, HORTENSIO, Suitors to Bianca.

      TRANIO, BIONDELLO, Servants to Lucentio.

      GRUMIO, CURTIS, Servants to Petruchio.

      Pedant, set up to personate Vincentio.

      KATHARINA, the Shrew, BIANCA, Daughters to Baptista.

      Widow.

      Tailor, Haberdasher, and Servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio.

      SCENE. — Sometimes in Padua; and sometimes in PETRUCHIO’S House in the Country.

      Induction. Scene I.

      Before an Alehouse on a Health.

      Enter Hostess and SLY.

      Sly.  I’ll pheeze you, in faith.

      Host.  A pair of stocks, you rogue!

      Sly.  Y’are a baggage: the Slys are no rogues; look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. Therefore, paucas pallabris; let the world slide. Sessa!   5

      Host.  You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?

      Sly.  No, not a denier. Go by, Jeronimy, go to thy cold bed, and warm thee.

      Host.  I know my remedy: I must go fetch the third-borough.  [Exit.

      Sly.  Third, or fourth, or fifth borough, I’ll answer him by law. I’ll not budge an inch, boy: let him come, and kindly.  [Lies down on the ground, and falls asleep.

      Horns winded.  Enter a Lord from hunting, with Huntsmen and Servants.   10

      Lord.  Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds:

      Brach Merriman, the poor cur is emboss’d,

      And couple Clowder with the deep-mouth’d brach.

      Saw’st thou not, boy, how Silver made it good

      At the hedge-corner, in the coldest fault?   15

      I would not lose the dog for twenty pound.

      First Hunt.  Why, Bellman is as good as he, my lord;

      He cried upon it at the merest loss,

      And twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent:

      Trust me, I take him for

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