{"id":1281,"date":"2021-04-14T14:31:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&#038;p=1281"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:08:32","slug":"the-taming-of-the-shrew","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/the-taming-of-the-shrew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taming of the Shrew"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1281\" class=\"elementor elementor-1281\" data-elementor-post-type=\"plays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c777e8a elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5c777e8a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5213385b\" data-id=\"5213385b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eaf04bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4eaf04bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><i>The Taming of A Shrew<\/i> was registered at the Stationers\u2019 Company on 2nd May 1594. Scholars generally agree that its style and language make it an early play in Shakespeare\u2019s career; usually dated to the early 1590s.<\/span><\/p><p>The anonymous play <i>The Taming of A Shrew<\/i> was printed in 1594: its relation to the Shakespearean play is unclear. It was reprinted in quarto form in 1596 and 1607. The First Folio version was possibly typeset directly from Shakespeare\u2019s manuscripts.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e28803d\" data-id=\"2e28803d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76fc4241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76fc4241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taming-of-the-Shrew_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1282\" alt=\"The Taming of the Shrew\" srcset=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taming-of-the-Shrew_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taming-of-the-Shrew_300ppi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taming-of-the-Shrew_300ppi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taming-of-the-Shrew_300ppi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taming-of-the-Shrew_300ppi.jpg 1476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6048f43b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6048f43b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60c4c4ed\" data-id=\"60c4c4ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-465d4786 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"465d4786\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-27b5506a\" data-id=\"27b5506a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c89b1c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c89b1c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2018\u201cFrets, call you these?\u201d quoth she, \u201cI\u2019ll fume with them.\u201d<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">And with that word she struck me on the head,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">And through the instrument my pate made way.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37eaf49a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37eaf49a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>, II i<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27be8718 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"27be8718\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-342280c6\" data-id=\"342280c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efd0056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3efd0056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cceabd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cceabd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">In Padua, two sisters must be married off: while Bianca looks forward to flying the nest and has no shortage of suitors, her elder sister Katherine must marry first. The strong-willed, plain-speaking, ungovernable Kate is reluctant to lose her independence. She meets her match in a battle of wits, will and power with the gold-digging, rebellious Petruchio. The bond of love between them is put to the test in a controversial finale that isn\u2019t as simple as it seems.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fc275d2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4fc275d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fa6778b\" data-id=\"2fa6778b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-383b7295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"383b7295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/514426840?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1&amp;h=bc6adaa86f#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taming of A Shrew was registered at the Stationers\u2019 Company on 2nd May 1594. 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