The Taming of the Shrew (The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare)

Shakespeare, William; Morris (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0415027039 / ISBN 13: 9780415027038

Published by Routledge, 1981

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Taming of the Shrew (The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415027039
• ISBN 13: 9780415027038
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest most readable type. Special introduction by Robert B. Heilman, University of Washington.

Book Description

This is a new edition of an anonymous play which appears to be an alternative version of Shakespeare's popular comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. Stephen Miller suggests that someone rewrote Shakespeare's more complicated version, making it shorter, simpler and different in some ways. The main difference between the two plays concerns the framing story of Christopher Sly, the drunk, who disappears early on in Shakespeare's version, but who has a much larger role in A Shrew.This edition provides a modernised text and extensive commentary.