A pleasant conceited historie, called The taming of a shrew

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A pleasant conceited historie, called The taming of a shrew

[by William Shakespeare] ; edited and introduced by Graham Holderness and Bryan Loughrey

(Shakespearean originals, 1st eds.)

Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1992

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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The taming of a shrew

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The taming of the shrew

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Bibliography: p. 37-38

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780745011035

Description

Published in 1594, under the title "The Taming of a Shrew", this play has always been regarded as an earlier version by another dramatist, or as a corrupt "memorial reconstruction" of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew". Yet the version accepted as Shakespeare's was not published until the First Folio of 1623. The text of "A Shrew ..." differs from that of "The Shrew ...", containing for example, a complete theatrical "framing" device in the form of the Lord's practical joke on Christopher Sly, whereas the "Shakespearean" text drops Sly and the framing device early in the play. From the beginning of this century the "non-Shakespearean" text has been used in theatrical practice to complete the authorized but insufficient "Shakespearean" play. This new edition makes "The Taming of a Shrew" available in full, not as a "source" or "analogue" or "memorial reconstruction of a Shakespearean original", but in its own right as an inventive and popular Elizabethan play.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780745011042

Description

First Published in 1992. This series puts into circulation single annotated editions of early modern play-texts whose literary and theatrical histories have been overshadowed by editorial practices dominant since the eighteenth century. The text contained in this volume is not what we know as Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, modern editions of which play are all derived from the text printed in the 1623 First Folio edition of Shakespeare's works. The present text is an edition of the play published in 1594 under the title The Taming of a Shrew, which has always been denied the authorising signature of 'Shakespeare', and regarded as an earlier version by another dramatist or as a pirated and corrupt 'memorial reconstruction' of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

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  • NCID
    BA18871701
  • ISBN
    • 0745011039
    • 0745011047
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hemel Hempstead ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    106 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
  • Classification
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