The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

 The Taming of the Shrew         

 by William Shakespeare                                                                   Presented by  Garan

Footnote-free narrative incorporating
Shakespeare’s dialogue

   We’re not alone in watching this piece: Christopher Sly, a ne’er-do-well drinker, as unsuccessful with females as with life, views a paradigmatic tale in which his favored conception of himself—as a bold, swashbuckling male—encounters his dourest notion of women as cold and domineering. Could a revised outlook mean happier times for him?
   You and I need no such straightening out, of course, so we can enjoy the hearty, often hilarious encounters between two strong, intelligent people: a rambunctious country gentleman who, naively intending to make a routine acquisition for his estate—a wife—discovers, joyfully, a lifelong partner; and an urban gentlewoman so determined not to be treated as property that she has let anger falsely define her.
   The acerbic lady has a younger sister whose predicaments—being assailed by a sibling, restricted by a parent, pursued by unwanted suitors too old and too foolish—match the trials of many girls becoming adults today—or ever.
   But there is a partner for her as well; sent to the college town to study, that young gentleman instead finds himself teaching—in disguise. And he does begin to learn.
   The sisters’ three tutors—every one an impostor—meet varying results, but in the end, all will get what they need.
   Will Christopher?
   Will we?

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