Everyone who talks about this play has to do the disclaimer. Yes, yes, it’s offensive. It’s misogynistic. Not in a modern sarcastic way or a it’s all funny because it’s extreme way, but in a genuine, woman oppressing way. If you can’t get past that then leave it alone and be content that Shakesp...
Well, that was certainly interesting.Funny and evocative, this play definitely made me think. While I certainly don't agree with Shakespeare's apparently extreme sexism, I still found the focus of this play interesting.Also, I love when Petruchio says, "Kiss me, Kate!" He says that, what, three time...
I love that you get two plays with this one—one embedded in the other. We’re initially presented with the drunken tinker Christopher Sly and the Lord and players who decide to play a trick on poor Sly, pretending that Sly is in fact a Lord with a doting “wife”—played by the page, one of the young ma...
Have always enjoyed watching this comedy. In order to appreciate the play more, I read the play before seeing the performance. I don't like the induction with Christopher Sly and don't remember ever seeing it performed. His character is left hanging and never referred to again after the first act....
Love, Love, Love..the Taming of the Shrew! It is actually one of my favorite William Shakespeare plays. I love the subject and the writing of this play.
I love this play! I love Kate, I love Petruchio, I love their brawls, I love their tender moments, I love the beginning, middle, and the end!I understand that in today's world the idea of a woman being "tamed" by a man can be a bit of an unwelcome plot. But love *does* tame people, and there reall...
The Taming of the Shrewby William ShakespeareThis hearty comedy has always been a favourite with audiences. Three suitors pursue Bianca Minola, but her father won't let her marry until her older sister, Katherine, is married. Kate is wilful, loud, volatile and above all, shrewish. Her suitor Petruch...
I can only give this play three stars because I didn't particularly care for the actual play itself and thought it was rather mysogynistic. I realize that this is part of the point of the play, but I just found it to be an agonizing read. I think it is okay to understand an author or playwright's ...
I'd have to say this is one of my less favorite of Shakespeare's works, although it's a lot more fun to see it performed than to read it, since you can get a better idea of the absurdity of all the impersonations.As a modern woman, I'm a bit put off by the way Petruchio "tames" Kate by what really a...
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