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A Reader posted a review at 2010-02-24 12:47:37. (Language: English)
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 Cute!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-30 11:07:16. (Language: English)
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 My favorite. I'm a bit of a Katherine.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-29 07:50:33. (Language: English)
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 My favorite Shakespear
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-25 08:31:45. (Language: English)
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 one of my favorite books
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-28 09:11:38. (Language: English)
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 My favorite Shakespeare play...so far
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-12-24 07:27:05. (Language: English)
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 What can I say ! a Masterpiece
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-12-14 12:38:23. (Language: English)
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 Funny
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-12-18 09:52:24. (Language: English)
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 I love this play!
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-11-07 09:11:56. (Language: English)
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 Oh how I wish Katherine had just kicked her husband in the balls... instead of morphing into a pleasantville housewife... how depressing
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-05-13 12:27:24. (Language: English)
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 The humorous playings between Petruchio and Katherina are wonderful and biting in the first half, but kinda disappear in the second half making it a bit ho-hum. However, it's outstanding how closely the recent film adaptation follows the original play (just in other, more modern terms).
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-10-29 10:53:43. (Language: English)
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 Love, love, love this story! It is a classic.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-10-12 08:47:25. (Language: English)
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 A fun and light hearted Shakespearian comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is an enjoyable play for anyone who enjoys abundant, if sometimes not so subtle, sexual humor.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-10-31 03:30:51. (Language: English)
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 Surprisingly liked it.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-10-01 05:30:58. (Language: English)
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 Read it back in 99 @ High School, Found it a very interesting book :)
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-09-29 07:01:41. (Language: English)
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 my favorite shakespeare
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-09-18 07:00:55. (Language: English)
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 Ahh...life before women's lib
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-09-03 08:19:37. (Language: English)
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 This is one of Shakespeare's weirdest plays, and a lot of fun...and I think Shakespeare received too much credit for this work.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-08-24 07:32:21. (Language: English)
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 Bawdy.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-08-05 06:30:39. (Language: English)
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 Extremely funny..
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Kristine posted a review at 2009-03-01 10:46:16. (Language: English)
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 I don't consider myself a feminist--in fact, I detest many 'feminist' works like Wide Sargasso Sea..that blasphemous, piece of...
(I'm in love with Edward Rochester ;)
Anyways, back to the topic: the above information in mind, even I was rather disconcerted with the ending of complete slavery to the man. That poor woman :(
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-30 05:56:36. (Language: English)
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 The characters' identity changes give me a postmodern migraine. Framing plot disappears into oblivion while the play-within-the-play (involving Petruchio and Kate) takes over. Perhaps if the framing plot disappeared, the play would be more enjoyable. Overall, a confusing organization, which impedes enjoyment significantly. Of all the Shakespeare I've read, "The Taming of the Shrew" is definitely last on my list.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-06-01 10:57:04. (Language: English)
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 even Shakespear knew reverse psychology
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-12-07 03:13:59. (Language: English)
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 Love it! It is one of Shakespeare's work I most enjoy, not only for the story told within the book, but the beginning and the ending, the joke played on the poor man who at the end didn't quite understand what was reality or a dream anymore. Very creative!
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-04-23 08:58:48. (Language: English)
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 One of the only three works of Shakespeare that I like.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-03-19 08:33:35. (Language: English)
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 Good. I also like the musical Kiss Me Kate with Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel (I think that's his name).
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