The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed by John Fletcher: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 2:34:09 running time and a link to listen.
The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed, credited to John Fletcher, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed by John Fletcher. John Fletcher's comedy (probably written and performed around 1611) is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in which, as the title suggests, the tamer will be tamed. Petruchio, the shrew-tamer, has been widowed, and marries a second wife, Maria, a "chaste witty lady." At the instigation of her cousin Bianca, and with the fellowship of her sister Livia, Maria decides to go on strike for equal rights, refusing to behave as a proper 17th century wife. Fletcher's play addresses the issue of men and women's roles within marriage, a controversial issue for his day. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast Narrator/Bianca: Elizabeth Klett Moroso: Leonard Wilson Tranio: mb Sophocles: DublinGothic Jaques: Cliff Thompson Rowland: Libby Gohn Livia: Charlotte Duckett Maria: Arielle Lipshaw Petruchio: Kevin Green Petronius: Algy Pug Pedro: Timothy Ferguson First Maid/Country Wife/Doctor: Caprisha Page Second Maid/City Wife/Second Watch: Amanda Friday Third Maid/First Watch/Servant: Grace Garrett Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed
- Author credits: John Fletcher
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 2:34:09
Catalogue topics
- audio
- play
- comedy
- taming of the shrew
- fletcher
- shakespeare
- women
- gender
Track guide
- 1 - Prologue and Act 1 — 40:16
- 2 - Act 2 — 29:14
- 3 - Act 3 — 27:57
- 4 - Act 4 — 33:47
- 5 - Act 5 and Epilogue — 22:56
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