The Taming of the Shrew: The 30-Minute Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author), Nick Newlin (Editor)

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Paperback
2014
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A truly fun, emotional, and sometimes magical first experience . . . guided by a sagacious, knowledgeable, and intuitive educator. --Library Journal
The Taming of the Shrew: The 30-Minute Shakespeare offers eight scenes from this broad comedy. Opening with Petruchio and Kate's bawdy war of words, the drama continues with Bianca's courtship by Lucentio and Hortensio, disguised as pedants. The adaptation climaxes with the outlandish marriage scene, and Petruchio's relentless taming of Kate. The play ends with Kate's famous speech in praise of women's submission to their husbands, at once hilarious and provocative.
The edition includes a preface by Nick Newlin, containing helpful advice on presenting Shakespeare in a high school setting with novice actors, as well as an appendix with play-specific suggestions and recommendations for further resources.

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A truly fun, emotional, and sometimes magical first experience . . . guided by a sagacious, knowledgeable, and intuitive educator. --Library Journal

The Taming of the Shrew: The 30-Minute Shakespeare offers eight scenes from this broad comedy. Opening with Petruchio and Kate's bawdy war of words, the drama continues with Bianca's courtship by Lucentio and Hortensio, disguised as pedants. The adaptation climaxes with the outlandish marriage scene, and Petruchio's relentless taming of Kate. The play ends with Kate's famous speech in praise of women's submission to their husbands, at once hilarious and provocative.

The edition includes a preface by Nick Newlin, containing helpful advice on presenting Shakespeare in a high school setting with novice actors, as well as an appendix with play-specific suggestions and recommendations for further resources.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 90
Publisher: Nicolo Whimsey Press
Published: 17 Jul 2014
ISBN 10: 1935550330
ISBN 13: 9781935550334
Book Overview: Nick Newlin has broad experience marketing the Nicolo Whimsey Show to high school and library systems, and will incorporate The Thirty Minute Shakespeare into the Nicolo Whimsey website, mailings, school fairs, etc. We have purchased uccessfully used direct mailing lists from MDR, NACS, and CAMEX in the past, and will purchase new lists for the launch of these titles.The 30-Minute Shakespeare series is regularly cited by the Folger Shakespeare Library's very active Folger Education program, recognized and used extensively by thousands of high school and college educators and including blogs, webinars, lesson plans, and conferences.The 30-Minute Shakespeare website was re-designed and re-launched in 2013 and will include promotional information for the two new plays launching in Spring 2014, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, and both plays will be featured and discussed on the 30-Minute Shakespeare Facebook page, now with nearly 2,500 fans.We attend the NCTE conference every year, co-exhibiting with the Folger Shakespeare Library, and are planning to attend one or two regional high school teacher conventions in 2014. Nicolo Whimsey Press will be attending AATE Convention in Washington, DC in July 2013, and will have a booth at Brooklyn Book Festival in Sep. 2013, as well as Gaithersburg Book Festival in 2014.

Author Bio

Nick Newlin: Nick Newlin has performed a variety act for international audiences for 30 years. Since 1996, he has conducted an annual Play Directing residency affiliated with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. Nick has a BA from Harvard University with Honors 1982 and an MA in Theater from The University of Maryland with an emphasis on Play Directing.