Project Gutenberg 2006-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 57 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François Taming of the shrew. French La méchante femme mise à la raison Comédie Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "La méchante femme mise à la raison" by William Shakespeare is a comedic play likely written in the late 16th century. The storyline revolves around the character Petruchio, who sets out to "tame" the headstrong Catherine Minola, using various witty and manipulative tactics. The unsightly nature of the main conflict stems from Catherine's reputation as a fierce woman, making the romantic dynamics between her and Petruchio the centerpiece of the narrative. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Christopher Sly, a drunken tradesman who is tricked into believing he is a noble lord. This prologue sets the stage for a play-within-a-play scenario, which leads to the main story about Lucentio and Tranio arriving in Padua for their studies, only to become embroiled in the romantic entanglements of Baptista Minola's daughters, Catherine and Bianca. As Lucentio and Tranio devise plans to woo Bianca, Petruchio boldly declares his intention to marry the fiercely independent Catherine, forging ahead despite her notorious temperament. The opening artfully blends humor and social commentary, establishing an engaging tone for the ensuing antics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Comedies Man-woman relationships -- Drama Married people -- Drama Sex role -- Drama Padua (Italy) -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 220509 218805 2024-09-08T11:16:34.694881 2023-09-09T03:40:04.635080 text/html text/html 210027 2006-09-08T13:20:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 75549 2006-09-08T13:20:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 137833 2024-09-08T11:16:40.226858 application/epub+zip 140612 2024-09-08T11:16:36.201857 application/epub+zip 140612 2024-09-08T11:16:35.287880 application/epub+zip 304005 2024-09-08T11:16:43.065823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294275 2024-09-08T11:16:39.591868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299421 2022-09-09T08:27:31.285349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191591 191354 2024-09-08T11:16:33.973879 2023-09-09T03:40:03.986075 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 188242 2006-09-08T13:20:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 71953 2006-09-08T13:20:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21496 2024-09-08T11:16:43.202832 application/rdf+xml 17012 2024-09-08T11:16:35.644876 image/jpeg 4161 2024-09-08T11:16:35.461867 image/jpeg 138028 2024-09-08T11:16:34.714874 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia