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The Taming of the Shrew

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The Taming of the Shrew

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Frances Barber, Roger Allam, Alan Cox
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Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise.

Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate?

The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.

Frances Barber and Roger Allam are Kate and Petruchio. Lucentio is played by Alan Cox.

Public Domain (P)2014 Blackstone Audio Classics Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts Shakespeare Theater Entertainment Witty
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It was very helpful to understand and get through my assignments. Great performances wonderful actors

Great homework help

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The play is what it is. The principals here are mostly quite good but some of the actors voicing lesser characters make needlessly distracting choices that one wishes the director would have restrained (H-h-hortensio I'm looking at you...).

A mixed bag

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the voice actors made it so easy to understand, they 100% understood the assignment, the guys were all hilarious, Kate absolutely stole the show, I'm not sure if I was ever supposed to care more about Bianca and lucentio, but Kate and Petruchio were the real stars and I wish it was a limited series. I listened while reading at first, but they made it so easy to just listen and step into that world. A++ performance

The actors KILLED it

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The actors and music was wonderful! The entire production legitly made if fell like i was actually there. Well done!

Well done

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It was well played and well preformed. Loved every single minute. I will definitely listen to more.

So good

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