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Stuttgart Ballet

(Encyclopedia) Stuttgart Ballet, the first major German ballet company. The company, housed in the Württemberg Staatstheater, rose rapidly to fame in the 1960s under the direction of John Cranko (…

Rehan, Ada

(Encyclopedia) Rehan, AdaRehan, Adarēˈən [key], 1860–1916, American actress, b. Ireland. Her original name was Crehan. Rehan came to the United States when she was five. From 1879 to 1899 she was a…

The Taming of the Shrew

ContentsDramatis PersonaeInductionScene IScene IIAct IScene IScene IIAct IIScene IAct IIIScene IScene IIAct IVScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct VScene IScene II

Taming of the Shrew

Taming of the Shrew Katharine, the Shrew, was the eldest daughter of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua. She was a lady of such an ungovernable spirit and fiery temper, such a loud-tongued…

Tyler, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Tyler, Anne, 1941–, American novelist, b. Minneapolis. Her witty and perceptive fiction, which is often set in the American South and frequently in and around Baltimore, portrays vivid…

Brewer's: Taming of the Shrew

The plot was borrowed from a drama of the same title, published by S. Leacroft, of Charing Cross, under the title of Six Old Plays on which Shakespeare Founded his Comedies. The induction…

Burton, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Burton, Richard, 1925–84, British actor, b. Pontrhydfen, Wales; his original name was Richard Jenkins. A dark, introspective actor with a splendid speaking voice, Burton specialized in…

William Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, Act I

Act IScene IPadua. A public placeEnter Lucentio and his man TranioLucentioTranio, since for the great desire I had To see fair Padua, nursery of arts, I am arrived for fruitful Lombardy, The…

William Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, Act V

Act VScene IPadua. Before Lucentio's houseGremio discovered. Enter behind Biondello, Lucentio, and BiancaBiondelloSoftly and swiftly, sir; for the priest is ready.LucentioI fly, Biondello:…