Category: The Taming of the Shrew

Thank you to Robin Hizme for offering a video introduction for The Taming of the Shrew.

Robin Hizme teaches English and Humanities at Queens College, CUNY, where she also directs the collaboration between Queens College and Townsend Harris High School. When stressed, she recites Shakespearean insults to an imaginary audience; when serene, she composes poetry with her magnetic Shakespeare’s Love Kit.

Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.

Here are some helpful Taming of the Shrew resources:

• The Royal Shakespeare Company has a fantastic page of resources for The Taming of the Shrew. It’s intended for students, but really, aren’t we all students?
• Again, Course Hero’s infographic, character map, and other resources for The Taming of the Shrew may be useful.
• A full production of The Taming of the Shrew from Shakespeare by the Sea is available on YouTube.
• A few articles about modern perspectives on The Taming of the Shrew:
  ThoughtCo.: ‘The Taming of the Shrew’: A Feminist Reading
  The Guardian: The Taming of the Shrew: ‘This is not a woman being crushed’
  Vox: Is it possible to make a feminist Taming of the Shrew? 2 new adaptations try.

Thanks for Dan Hainsworth for letting us use his Shakespeare icons, as shown above right.

Enjoy these Taming of the Shrew images from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Find more here.