The Taming of a Shrew

The 1594 Quarto

William Shakespeare author Stephen Roy Miller editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Dec '08

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This is an edition of the anonymous play which is a version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

This is a modernised edition of a play which appears to be an alternative version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Stephen Miller suggests that an anonymous person wrote a simpler version of Shakespeare's more complicated play. His edition provides a modernized text and extensive commentary.This is a modernized edition of an anonymous play, long known to scholars, which appears to be an alternative version of Shakespeare's popular comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. Stephen Miller suggests that an anonymous person 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. A Shrew, as it is usually known, contains additional material for Sly which is familiar to playgoers because it is often included in productions of Shakespeare's play. The Taming of a Shrew, The 1594 Quarto, provides a modernized text based upon a re-examination of the quarto and extensive commentary. Miller's introduction establishes a direct link between A Shrew and The Shrew and includes an illustrated stage history.

"Miller punctuates more heavily in his edition, but only enough to keep his modern readers aware of what is going on and to whom the action refers. Miller's efforts...give us immediate and relable access to the text and on the text of Shakespeare's Shrew." Shakespeare Quarterly

ISBN: 9780521087964

Dimensions: 210mm x 150mm x 10mm

Weight: 260g

172 pages