Taming of the Shrew: A ComedyPrivately printed, 1887 - 75 pages |
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... present revival of it , the comedy of " The Taming of the Shrew " has never been presented here as Shakespeare wrote it . That exquisite actress , Marie Seebach , when she visited America , in 1870 , produced it here , in the Ger man ...
... present revival of it , the comedy of " The Taming of the Shrew " has never been presented here as Shakespeare wrote it . That exquisite actress , Marie Seebach , when she visited America , in 1870 , produced it here , in the Ger man ...
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... present Curtis , a serving - man in the original , as an old woman ; and to allot tw or three words of speech to the servants who are named by Grumio , in his deprecatory speech to his master , in the arrival scene . It is neither ...
... present Curtis , a serving - man in the original , as an old woman ; and to allot tw or three words of speech to the servants who are named by Grumio , in his deprecatory speech to his master , in the arrival scene . It is neither ...
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... present occasion . I am inclined to attribute this remarkable success to the contempora ous spirit of the play . It seems to have been written ( as with a predic- e pen ) for our own time . In its varied and contrastive plots and charac ...
... present occasion . I am inclined to attribute this remarkable success to the contempora ous spirit of the play . It seems to have been written ( as with a predic- e pen ) for our own time . In its varied and contrastive plots and charac ...
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... present production this comedy Miss Rehan and Mr. Drew and the other members of the mpany of Daly's Theatre may be said to be the creators on the Ameri- stage of every part in the restored comedy . The performers in the uction are ...
... present production this comedy Miss Rehan and Mr. Drew and the other members of the mpany of Daly's Theatre may be said to be the creators on the Ameri- stage of every part in the restored comedy . The performers in the uction are ...
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... present profession a tinker ? : Marian Hacket , the fat ale - wife of Wincot , if she know me : if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer score me up for the lyingest knave in Christendom . at ! I am not bestraught ...
... present profession a tinker ? : Marian Hacket , the fat ale - wife of Wincot , if she know me : if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer score me up for the lyingest knave in Christendom . at ! I am not bestraught ...
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acted apparel AUGUSTIN DALY Bian Bion BIONDELLO bride comedy comes curst Curt Curtis Daly's Theatre daughter doth dream duty Edwin Booth English peasants Enter GRUMIO Enter KATHARINE Enter PETRUCHIO entreat Exeunt Exit fair father fool Garrick gentleman gown hath hear heard hither honor horse HORTENSIO HUNTSMAN husband Induction Kath kiss Kitty Clive knock lady Licio look lord LUCENTIO and BIANCA lute Madam maid marry master mistress moon Nath ne'er never Padua PEDANT piece Pisa play players pray Re-enter ready right Vincentio scene servant Shakespeare Shakspere's Shrew Signior Baptista signior Gremio signior Lucentio Sirrah Slie stay suitor sweet Kate Taming tell thee Thomas Hardy thou canst thou hast thou liest Tranio unto Verona villain Warwickshire wench What's wife wilt win my love
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Page 75 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land ; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience, — Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 75 - While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such, a woman oweth to her husband...
Page 75 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Page 50 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...