The Taming of the Shrew
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title:
The Taming of the Shrew
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The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an
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Play by Shakespeare
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
date created:
2002-07-18T12:17:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T12:58:12Z
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