RSC Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew

　　Product Description

　　From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's controversial comedy of the war between the sexes

　　THIS EDITION INCLUDES:

　　． An illuminating introduction to The Taming of the Shrew by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate
　　． The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page
　　． A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play
　　． An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre
　　． A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productions

　　The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This unique edition presents a historical overview of The Taming of the Shrew in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and an actress - Gregory Doran, Phyllida Lloyd and Michelle Gomez – so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible, a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made 'our contemporary' four centuries after his death.

　　Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare plays offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.