The Taming of a Shrew The 1594 Quarto |
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Author:
| Shakespeare, William |
Editor:
| Miller, Stephen Roy |
Series title: | The New Cambridge Shakespeare: the Early Quartos Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-08796-4 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $43.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThis 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.