The Tamer Tamed
Title | The Tamer Tamed PDF eBook |
Author | John Fletcher |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2014-05-29 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1408143801 |
The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.
The Tamer Tamed
Title | The Tamer Tamed PDF eBook |
Author | John Fletcher |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2014-05-29 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 140814381X |
The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.
The Taming of the Shrew
Title | The Taming of the Shrew PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 1904 |
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ISBN |
The Woman's Prize
Title | The Woman's Prize PDF eBook |
Author | John Fletcher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | English drama |
ISBN |
The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tam'd was written by John Fletcher (1579-1625) as a radical sequel to William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (c.1590-1592). While Shakespeare's Katherina is subdued by her bullying husband Petruchio, Fletcher turns things on their head by letting women tame men. Fletcher's play is set in London after Katherina's death, and Petruchio is remarried to Maria. However, he still has nightmares that Katharina will haunt him as a ghost and he resolves to be even firmer with his new wife. But instead, Maria defeats him by denying him sex and locking him out of the bedroom
Tamer
Title | Tamer PDF eBook |
Author | Michael-Scott Earle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-03-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781951641689 |
Control dinosaurs. Tame women. Rule the world.With the defeat of Wyss, Victor has taken out his most deadly adversary yet and added loyal survivors to his tribe.But Dinosaurland has ways of keeping everyone on their toes.Distant smoke to the east alerts Victor that potential allies are in trouble, so he must choose between making a long journey without his most powerful friends, or losing the opportunity to advance the technology of his tribe.
Shawn O'Brien, Town Tamer
Title | Shawn O'Brien, Town Tamer PDF eBook |
Author | William W. Johnstone |
Publisher | Pinnacle Books |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2014-03-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0786032642 |
The USA Today bestselling authors of the Brothers O'Brien series now present the untold saga of Shawn O'Brien . . . A man who tamed the West—one town at a time Unlike his brothers Jacob, Sam, and Patrick, Shawn O'Brien isn't content to settle down on the family ranch in New Mexico Territory. With his razor-sharp eye, lightning-fast draw, and burning thirst for justice, Shawn is carving out a reputation of his own. As a town tamer he takes the most dangerous, lawless towns in the West and makes them safe for decent men, women, and children. When a stagecoach accident leaves Shawn stranded in Holy Rood, Utah, it doesn't take long to realize he's landed in one ornery circle of hell. Ruled by a cruel and cunning crook-turned-merciless dictator named Hank Cobb, Holy Rood is about as unholy a place as any on the frontier. Anyone who breaks Cobb's rules is severely punished. Anyone who defies Cobb's hooded henchmen dies by rope, stake, or guillotine. But Shawn O'Brien isn't just anyone. He's the town tamer. And this time, he's going to paint the town red . . .
Philaster, 1622
Title | Philaster, 1622 PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Beaumont |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1687 |
Genre | |
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