002 Renaissance Red Pill: The Taming of the Shrew

Well, we had to do this one eventually...

 

Michael, Sophie, and Greg take you through Shakespeare's early comedy The Taming of the Shrew. We will meet young lovers, old gender roles, and a middling farce. Does the play hold up artistically or morally -- tune in to find out!

 

Sources

The Life of the Author, William Shakespeare by Anna Beer (John Wiley & Sons)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

The Taming of the Shrew, The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series edited by Barbara Hodgdon

 

 

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