Bianca (1881) - Frederic Leighton

Christopher Sly (1867)
William Quiller Orchardson
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Francis Wheatley, "The Taming of the Shrew," Act III, Scene ii
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A Scene from Taming of the Shrew (1874)
Robert Smirke
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Lesson Plans

A Close Reading of Shakespeare On Your Feet

Folger Shakespeare Library Curriculum Guide to Taming of the Shrew

The Good and the Badde: Are Stereotypes a Perfect Fit? - Lesson plan on female roles in Taming

Taming of the Shrew - Cummings Study Guide

Taming of the Shrew - Introduction, lesson plans (TeacherVision)

Taming of the Shrew - Study guide questions

Taming of the Shrew - Teaching Unit

Taming of the Shrew - Web English Teacher

Teacher's Guide to Taming of the Shrew - Signet

Triangulating Shakespeare - Archive of teaching materials onTaming of the Shrew and other plays

Using Music to Explore Shakespeare's Characters

Stage & Film

Interview with Director Andrei Serban on Taming

Interview with Edward Hall - Director of Watermill Theatre production

Performance History of Taming of the Shrew

Production History of Taming of the Shrew - Google

Review - Taming of the Shrew, Los Angeles, 2009

Review - Taming of the Shrew, MIT, 1999

Review - Taming of the Shrew, Santa Cruz, 2004

Review - Taming of the Shrew, Williamstown, 1999

Royal Shakespeare Company Guide to Taming of the Shrew

Shakespeare and the Players - a survey of actors and performances of Taming in late Victorian and Edwardian England

Shakespeare on Television: A Bibliography of Criticism

Taming of the Shrew - Performed by the Company of Women at the Globe Theatre, 2003

Taming of the Shrew in Performance - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The Traffic of the Stage -- Searchable database of Shakespeare productions in the UK

The Text

Complete text at MIT

Download complete text in MS Word -- taming.doc (186K) or taming.zip (62K)

Internet Shakespeare Edition - Draft texts of the folio edition of the play

OpenSource Shakespeare - cue scripts

Searchable online text at The Literature Network