Shakespeare, The Novel: The Taming of the Shrew
The latest addition to my oeuvre is my novelization of William Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of The Shrew’ which is now …
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A Shrew by Any Other Name
Writing a novel about a writer can be challenging. We writers live in our heads and have few of the …
Updating Shakespeare – Part 2: Modern Film Adaptations of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
How well do modern adaptations of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ keep faith with both our feminist values and Shakespeare’s …
Updating Shakespeare – Part 1: Modern perspectives on staging ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
How does a director present ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ to a post-feminist audience? A romantic romp that has …
Il Bisbetico Domato: an Italian Take on ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
What would a modern Italian take on Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ look like? The trope of a …
Bad Quartos and the Myth of the Memorial Reconstruction
Shakespearean scholars have long imagined that Elizabethan actors would help publish pirate copies of Shakespeare’s plays for a few shillings …
The Taming of the Shrew and Commedia dell’Arte
How direct is the relationship between Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and Commedia dell’Arte? Probably the funniest production …
Kiss Me, Petruchio
This hidden gem on YouTube shows us a young and radiant Meryl Streep as Kate and a sexy Raul Julia …