The taming of the shrew / retold by Andrew Matthews ; illustrated by Tony Ross.

By:

Matthews, Andrew, 1948-

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: A Shakespeare storyPublication details: London : Orchard, 2010.Description: 55 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781408305058 (pbk.) :
1408305054 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

823.914 22

Summary: Lovely Bianca has a queue of admirers anxious to marry her. But her older sister, Katharina, must get married first. Katharina has such a fiery temper she is known as 'the shrew', and no man is brave enough to propose. Can Petruchio tame her with his outrageous behaviour? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible. --adlibris.com

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Printed book	IES Hassleholm Classics	Fiction	F MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		397814083050581

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Originally published: 2009.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Lovely Bianca has a queue of admirers anxious to marry her. But her older sister, Katharina, must get married first. Katharina has such a fiery temper she is known as 'the shrew', and no man is brave enough to propose. Can Petruchio tame her with his outrageous behaviour? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible. --adlibris.com