The Old Taming of a Shrew
The Old Taming of a Shrew

Author: Thomas Amyot

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-20

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781333296032

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Excerpt from The Old Taming of a Shrew: Upon Which Shakespeare Founded His Comedy, Reprinted From the Edition of 1594, and Collated With the Subsequent Editions of 1596 and 1607 Having undertaken, with the concurrence of the Coun oil of the Shakespeare Society, to prepare for the press a reprint of the old Play of The Taming of a Shrew, on which Shakespeare founded his lively and popular Comedy of The Taming of the Shrew, my desire has been to give, with scrupulous accuracy, the texts of the three earliest editions, published in 1596, and 1607. As these are all of the greatest rarity, there being but one copy known to be preserved of the first and second, and only three copies of the last of these editions, it seems desirable that a concise notice of each should be given, adverting to the circumstances which placed them in my hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Taming of the Shrew (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2014-02-27

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 8026804929

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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Taming of the Shrew (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. It was inspired by classical Roman comedy and the Italian commedia dell'arte. Baptista Minola, a rich gentleman of Padua, has two daughters: Katherina, renowned for her sharp tongue, and Bianca, who is sought after by multiple suitors. Baptista decides that Bianca cannot marry until her elder sister finds a husband. Enter Petruchio, who has come to "wive it wealthily in Padua," and who is convinced by Bianca's suitors to woo Katherina. The play ultimately poses the question of who is the bigger shrew: Kate or Petruchio. The subplot involves the subterfuge employed by Lucentio to woo the lovely Bianca. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.