The Taming of the ShrewClarendon Press, 1982 - 248 pages The introduction offers a full and original consideration fo th play's textual problems, a study of sources, a survey of scholarship and criticism, with the editor's own critical appreciation, and a study of the comedy's fortunes in the theatre. |
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Page 71
... Elizabethan staging had , inadvertently , been proved . Daly also cut Shakespeare's text quite fiercely ( though he found room for scraps of Garrick's and for other variations ) ; 1 and , all in all , the best aspect of the production ...
... Elizabethan staging had , inadvertently , been proved . Daly also cut Shakespeare's text quite fiercely ( though he found room for scraps of Garrick's and for other variations ) ; 1 and , all in all , the best aspect of the production ...
Page 119
... Elizabethan public theatre would serve . 7 rebused For purposes of the laugh , Grumio both misunderstands Petruchio's words and confuses his own : he means , probably , ' abused ' ( unless - as G. L. Brook supposes ( g 306 ) he is ...
... Elizabethan public theatre would serve . 7 rebused For purposes of the laugh , Grumio both misunderstands Petruchio's words and confuses his own : he means , probably , ' abused ' ( unless - as G. L. Brook supposes ( g 306 ) he is ...
Page 154
... Elizabethan trade with Turkey - developed by the Levant com- pany - certainly included carpets , rugs , and silks . Gremio is making his possessions sound as exotic , and valu- able , as possible . bossed embossed ; richly embroidered ...
... Elizabethan trade with Turkey - developed by the Levant com- pany - certainly included carpets , rugs , and silks . Gremio is making his possessions sound as exotic , and valu- able , as possible . bossed embossed ; richly embroidered ...
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