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Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare - Stage play
Roles
- Lord - Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Male
About this piece
A lord wants to play a joke on a drunk beggar
Summary
The play starts with a brief induction, that is a framing story within which the actual play is performed. Christopher Sly, a drunk beggar, is found passed out by a lord and two huntsmen. The lord decides to take advantage of the situation to play a joke on him and have fun. He orders his servants to take him to his house, give him the best room, clean him up and, when he wakes up, treat him as if he was a lord and make him think that he has been crazy for the past 7 years insisting that he was a beggar. In this monologue the lord tells his servants about the joke he has in mind for the drunk beggar. This monologue is found in the INDUCTION, Scene 1.
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Use cases
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