One of Shakespeare’s most performed and most debated comedies, The Taming of the Shrew follows the blunt Petruchio’s campaign to ‘tame’ the fierce and independent Katharina into a compliant wife. Whether the play endorses, satirises, or simply presents the gender politics of its time is a question directors and scholars continue to argue about with great energy.
Written around 1590–1594, the play is irresistibly theatrical regardless of one’s interpretation. This free EPUB is cleanly formatted for Kindle, Kobo, or any e-reader.