The Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the Shrew
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Audiobook CD, 2003
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Considered one of Shakespeare's bawdier works, the play describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, who is determined to subdue Katharina's legendary temper and win her dowry. The main story is offered as a play within a play; the frame story consists of an initial two-scene induction: a lord offers the love story as an entertainment for tinker Christopher Sly, recovering from a drunken binge at an alehouse. Although Katharina repeatedly insults Petruchio, he woos, wins, and tames her by insisting that she is actually the soul of gentleness and patience. After their marriage, he makes her forgo food, sleep, and fancy clothing, and he outdoes her mean tongue by abusing the servants. In the final scene, Petruchio wins a bet that his wife is the most obedient after Katharina gives a speech extolling the virtues of wifely subservience.
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- Married • Petruchio's wife; stubborn; fiery; spirited; actions are unladylike; has a tough exterior, but her inner desire is to be loved; has to earn her privileges with her husbandFemale
- Married • Kate's husband; determined to "tame" his wife; originally wished to marry Kate for money, but finds himself actually falling in love with her; his treatment of Kate depends on her behaviorMale
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- [Toronto] : CBC Audio, p2003.
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