Brian Vaughn (left) as Petruchio and Melinda Pfundstein as Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew, 2015.
Information on the Play
Scholarly Articles on the Play
- How Many Ways to Tame a Shrew?
- Look More Closely at the Period
- Were Shakespeare's Heroines Liberated?
- Male Chauvinism?
- Laughter and Beyond
- The Affirmation of Affection
- Shakespeare on the Sly
- Where Two Raging Fires Meet
Classroom Helps
- Examining the Text
- Vocabulary
- Famous Lines
- Elementary School Study Guide
- High School Discussion Questions
- Synopsis for Student Audiences
- Shakespeare's Language
- References from Shakespeare's Time and Place
- Allusion in Shakespeare
- Other Literary Devices
- Evolving English
- Folded Paper Brainstorming
- More Discussion Questions
- Classroom Activities
Information on William Shakespeare
- Shakespeare: Words, Words, Words
- Not of an Age, but for All Mankind
- Elizabeth's England
- History Is Written by the Victors
- Mr. Shakespeare, I Presume
- A Nest of Singing Birds
- Actors in Shakespeare's Day
- Audience: A Very Motley Crowd
- Shakespearean Snapshots
- Ghosts, Witches, and Shakespeare
- What They Wore