Which is the only one of Shakespeare's plays to feature an animal in its title?
"of ""Macbeth"" and ""The Taming of the Shrew"". The hall itself stands on the middle of three terraces cut in sloping ground. The raked auditorium looks outward across the lower terrace which forms the stage behind which, is the open country of the Gwash valley. The Stamford Shakespeare Company presents a three-month season each summer. Normally there are two Shakespeare plays and one by another playwright. Stamford Shakespeare Company Stamford Shakespeare Company, a registered charity, is an amateur theatre company presenting an annual season of plays in June, July and August at the Rutland Open Air Theatre in the grounds"
"of people in love. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom ""the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon"" has been attributed. ""Two Gentlemen"" is often regarded as one of Shakespeare's weakest plays. It has the smallest named cast of any play by Shakespeare. As the play begins, Valentine is preparing to leave Verona for Milan so as to broaden his horizons. He begs his best friend, Proteus, to come with him, but Proteus is in love with Julia, and refuses to leave. Disappointed,"
"the princely eagle,/Under whose shade the ramping lion slept"" (5.2.9–13). Other animals referred to in the play include dogs (1.4.56, 2.1.15 and 2.5.129), woodcocks (1.4.61), rabbits (1.4.62), snakes (1.4.112 and 2.2.15), tigers (1.4.138, 1.4.155 and 3.1.39), cattle (2.1.14), bears (2.1.15, 2.2.13 and 3.2.161), toads (2.2.138), bulls (2.5.126), hares (2.5.131), chameleons (3.2.191) and foxes (4.7.25). One of the most obvious themes in the play is revenge, which is cited numerous times by various different characters as the driving force for their actions. At different points in the play, Henry, Northumberland, Westmorland, Clifford, Richard, Edward and Warwick all cite a desire for"
"poisoned, and drowned key characters. By the end of ""Hamlet"", Horatio is the only main figure left alive. A previous, satirical play of a similar nature named ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern"" was written by W. S. Gilbert in 1874 and performed in 1891. The play concerns the misadventures and musings of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters from William Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" who are childhood friends of the prince, focusing on their actions with the events of ""Hamlet"" as background. ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"" is structured as the inverse of ""Hamlet""; the title characters are the leads, not supporting players, and"
"for the stage by playwright Rick Chafe, premiering at the National Arts Centre in conjunction with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2008. Shakespeare's Dog Shakespeare's Dog is a novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke, published in 1983. The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog. The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen"
"well. Peter Shaffer's 1973 play ""Equus"" tells the story of a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses, but this appears closer to zoophilia than pet play. Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical ""Cats"" traces a tribe of urban cats, and in 2007 ""War Horse"" used full size puppets to play horses on stage. Like much of erotic play and roleplay, animal roleplay in an erotic or relational context is entirely defined by the people involved and by their mood and interests at the time of play. It ranges from the simple imitation of a vocal ""whinnying"" of"
"before. ""Every Man Out of His Humour"" includes several references to Shakespeare and his contemporaneous works: a mention of Justice Silence from ""Henry IV, Part 2""—""this is a kinsman to Justice Silence"" (V,ii) and two allusions to ""Julius Caesar"", which help to date that play to 1599. ""Et tu, Brute"" occurs in V,iv of ""Every Man Out;"" in III,i appears ""reason long since is fled to animals,"" a paraphrase of Shakespeare's line ""O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts"" in ""Julius Caesar,"" III,ii,104. Paul's walk Every Man out of His Humour Every Man out of His Humour is a"
"Homer's tale: The shipwreck, the goatskin of Maron's wine, the blinding of the monocular giant, and the pun on the word ""Nobody"", all occur in Euripides' play and also in Homer's ""Odyssey"". ""Cyclops"" is the only complete satyr play that has survived, due to continuous copying through the ages. Sizable fragments of other satyr plays have been discovered, like Sophocles' ""Trackers"" and Aeschylus' ""Net-fishers"".""Cyclops"" is found in two manuscripts: The ""Codex Laurentianus"", or Florentinus, xxxii. 2. It appears to have been written out the fourteenth century in a number of different handwriting styles. It is kept in the Laurentian Library"
"humans and animals before becoming the Learned Pig. He recalls his previous incarnations. After Romulus he became Brutus, and then entered several human and animal bodies. Adapting the Shakespeare theme, the pamphlet states that he became a man called ""Pimping Billy"", who worked as a horse-holder at a playhouse with Shakespeare and was the real author of his plays. He then became a famous British aristocrat and general — identified only by asterisks — before entering the body of a pig. Puns on the name ""Bacon"", referring to the philosopher Francis Bacon, also appeared in the literature. In the poem"
"play contains one of the most famous Shakespearean stage directions: ""Exit, pursued by a bear"", presaging the offstage death of Antigonus. It is not known whether Shakespeare used a real bear from the London bear-pits, or an actor in bear costume. The Royal Shakespeare Company, in one production of this play, used a large sheet of silk which moved and created shapes, to symbolise both the bear and the gale in which Antigonus is travelling. One comic moment in the play deals with a servant not realising that poetry featuring references to dildos is vulgar, presumably from not knowing what"
"Botho Strauß's play ""The Park"" (1983) is based on characters and motifs from ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Neil Gaiman's comic series ""The Sandman"" uses the play as a focal point in issue No. 19. In it, Shakespeare and his company perform the play for the real Oberon and Titania and an audience of fairies. The play is heavily quoted in the comic. Shakespeare's son Hamnet Shakespeare appears in the play as the Indian boy. It is strongly hinted that he is later taken away by Titania, much like the changeling in the story. This issue was the first and only"
"based on the 1623 First Folio. Under this referencing system, 1.2.51 means Act 1, Scene 2, line 51. The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew."
"Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren ""Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren; or, Fortunatus and the Water of Life, the Three Bears, the Three Gifts, the Three Wishes, and the Little Man who Woo'd the Little Maid"" was a pantomime written by W. S. Gilbert. As with many pantomimes of the Victorian era, the piece consisted of a story involving evil spirits, young lovers and ""transformation"" scenes, followed by a harlequinade. The piece premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 26 December 1867. It was the only pantomime written by Gilbert alone, although before and afterwards he collaborated with other"
"of a triumphant success."" Libretto of ""Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren ""Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren; or, Fortunatus and the Water of Life, the Three Bears, the Three Gifts, the Three Wishes, and the Little Man who Woo'd the Little Maid"" was a pantomime written by W. S. Gilbert. As with many pantomimes of the Victorian era, the piece consisted of a story involving evil spirits, young lovers and ""transformation"" scenes, followed by a harlequinade. The piece premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 26 December 1867. It was the only pantomime"
"a play by William Shakespeare, while some are named after characters from ""Robinson Crusoe"", ""Moby Dick"" and others after general nautical or island-based literature. The name of Beatrice, Snicket's dedicatee, may be an allusion to the poem ""La Beatrice"" by Charles Baudelaire. The poem references an ""actor without a job,"" like the actor Count Olaf. The poem also begins with the line ""In a burnt, ash-grey land without vegetation,"" similar to the Baudelaire mansion burning down at the beginning of the series. The name Beatrice could also be an allusion to Italian poet Dante. Dante dedicated all of his works"
"The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship; however, Petruchio ""tames"" her with various psychological torments, such"
"New Play Award. The play is set in London, at various dates and locations from 1598 onward. In the ""Rules of the Universe"" that precede the script, it is noted that the oppression of the bears in the play is because the humans have wrongly presumed their own superiority, though the bears are not actually inferior. The bears should have little visible differences from the humans. The rules also note that William Shakespeare is the least important person in the play. ""Gotama"" tells the story of Buddha's early life. The protagonist, Siddhatta Gotama, is a wealthy prince until he meets"
"Words, Words, Words Words, Words, Words is a one-act play written by David Ives for his collection of six one-act plays, ""All in the Timing"". The play is about Kafka, Milton, and Swift, three intelligent chimpanzees who are put in a cage together under the experimenting eye of a never seen Dr. Rosenbaum, a scientist testing the hypothesis that three apes hitting keys at random on typewriters for an infinite amount of time will almost surely produce Shakespeare's play ""Hamlet"" (a variation on the infinite monkey theorem). The show's title is a phrase quoted from ""Hamlet"". The performance comprises the"
"two other works by Angela Carter: ""The Bloody Chamber"" and ""Nights at the Circus"". Throughout the novel, there are numerous references to the works and impact of William Shakespeare. At the beginning of the novel there are three quotations, two of which allude to Shakespeare: """"Brush Up on Your Shakespeare"""", a song title from the musical ""Kiss Me, Kate"" based on Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew"", and the quote ""How many times Shakespeare draws fathers and daughters, never mothers and daughters"" by Ellen Terry, an English stage actress. In an interview on the subject of ""Wise Children"", Angela Carter"
"Shakespeare's Dog Shakespeare's Dog is a novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke, published in 1983. The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog. The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. A 20th-anniversary edition of the novel was reissued in 2003 by Dundurn Press. It was later adapted"
"The Bear (play) The Bear: A Joke in One Act, or The Boor (, 1888), is a one-act comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The play was originally dedicated to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend and director/actor who first played the character Smirnov. The play takes place in the drawing room of Elena Ivanovna Popova's estate on the seven-month anniversary of her husband's death. Since her husband died, Popova has locked herself in the house in mourning. Her footman, Luka, begins the play by begging Popova to stop mourning and step outside the estate. She ignores him,"
"Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Whilst various arguments support that Shakespeare is the sole author of the play (notably DelVecchio and Hammond's Cambridge edition of the play), modern editors generally agree that Shakespeare is responsible for almost exactly half the play—827 lines—the main portion after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina. Modern textual studies indicate that the first"
"Vinegar Tom Vinegar Tom is the title of a 1976 play by the British playwright Caryl Churchill. The play examines gender and power relationships through the lens of 17th-century witchcraft trials in England. The script employs features of the epic theater associated with German playwright Bertolt Brecht, particularly with its realistic use of songs as well as the added anachronism of the actors, who performed the songs in modern dress, despite the fact that the play was set in the 17th century. There were seven songs and twenty-one scenes. The play's title comes from the name of one character's pet"
"an obedient wife. Shakespeare chose his title to signify to his audiences that the play was about the marriage of a man to an ill-tempered woman given to scolding, nagging, and aggression. Such a woman, especially a wife, was known in the sixteenth century as a shrew, so called after a tiny rodent with a notoriously hostile and unpleasant nature. A woman convicted in court for being a shrew was often punished in Shakespeare's day by being confined to stocks on the village green or repeatedly dunked in a nearby pond or lake. The setting is Padua, a city in"
"those already mentioned, prominent characters include: The title comes from the name of the Seymour family seat at Wolfhall or Wulfhall in Wiltshire; the title's allusion to the old Latin saying ""Homo homini lupus"" (""Man is wolf to man"") serves as a constant reminder of the dangerously opportunistic nature of the world through which Cromwell navigates. In January 2013, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that it would stage adaptations by Mike Poulton of ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"" in its Winter season. The production transferred to London's Aldwych Theatre in May 2014, for a limited run until"
"lion. He is later convicted of a crime and taken to Rome to be thrown to the wild beasts, only to be recognised and defended from the other animals by the one that he tended. A Latin poem by Vincent Bourne dating from 1716-17 is based on the account of Aulus Gellius. Titled ""Mutua Benevolentia primaria lex naturae est"", it was translated by William Cowper as “Reciprocal kindness: the primary law of nature”. George Bernard Shaw's play ""Androcles and the Lion"" (1912) makes Androcles a tailor; he is also given Christian beliefs for the purposes of the play, which on"
"The Zoo The Zoo is a one-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson, writing under the pen name of Bolton Rowe. It premiered on 5 June 1875 at the St. James's Theatre in London (as an afterpiece to W. S. Gilbert's ""Tom Cobb""), concluding its run five weeks later, on 10 July 1875, at the Haymarket Theatre. There were brief revivals in late 1875, and again in 1879, before the opera was shelved. The farcical story concerns two pairs of lovers. First, a nobleman, who goes to the zoo to woo the"
"Violet and Sebastian, who consume and destroy the people around them""; as symbolising nature's cruelty, like the ""flesh-eating birds"" of the Galapagos; as symbolising ""a primitive state of desire"", and so on. Williams referred to symbols as ""the natural language of drama"" and ""the purest language of plays"". The ambiguity arising from the abundance of symbolism is therefore not unfamiliar to his audiences. What poses a unique difficulty to critics of ""Suddenly Last Summer"" is the absence of its protagonist. All we can know of Sebastian must be gleaned from the conflicting accounts given by two characters of questionable sanity,"
"author's works are as follows: Shakespeare: """"Sir Toby Belch"": She's a beagle, true-bred, and one that adores me: what o' that?"" ""Twelfth Night"" (c. 1600) Act II Scene III Webster: """"Mistress Tenterhook""': You are a sweet beagle"" ""Westward Ho"" (1607) Act III Scene IV:2 Dryden: ""The rest in shape a beagle's whelp throughout, With broader forehead and a sharper snout"" ""The Cock and the Fox"", and again: ""About her feet were little beagles seen"" in ""Palamon and Arcite"" both from ""Fables, Ancient and Modern"" (1700) Tickell: ""Here let me trace beneath the purpled morn, The deep-mouth'd beagle, and the sprightly"
"which in turn was used because of the use of elephant ivory in handles. Shakespeare mentions the Elephant Lodgings in ""Twelfth Night"". In Act 3 Scene 3 Antonio says ""In the south suburbs, at the Elephant, is best to lodge."" Although the play is set in Illyria in the Balkans, Shakespeare often used local London references. The theatres were all in Southwark, so Shakespeare's line may represent an advertisement for a local hostelry. ""The Elephant"" is a common present-day nickname for the Elephant and Castle. 'Newington' is one of the most common place names in England (see Newington Green and"
"The Taming of the Shrew & Julius Caesar 1978 The Winter's Tale & As You Like It 1979 Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth 1980 Love's Labour's Lost & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1981 The Merchant of Venice & Two Gentlemen of Verona 1982 A Midsummer Night's Dream & King Henry IV; part I 1983 Twelfth Night & Romeo and Juliet 1984 Much Ado About Nothing & The Tempest 1985 Richard III & The Taming of the Shrew 1986 As You Like It & King Lear 1987 Macbeth & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1988 No Festival 1989 The Merchant"
"The Taming of the Shrew (Shebalin) The Taming of the Shrew (Russian ""Ukroshchenye stroptivoy"", Cyrillic ""Укрощение строптивой"") is a 1957 opera in four acts, five scenes by Vissarion Shebalin to a libretto by the Soviet musicologist Abram Akimovich Gozenpud, based on the comedy by William Shakespeare. Gozenpud utilized very little of Shakespeare's original text in his libretto, and completely eliminated many of the secondary characters and subplots from the play. His libretto does match the spirit of Shakespeare's play in its use of wit, the genuine passion of the story's lovers, and mixture of both lofty and coarse language. ""Ukroshcheniye"
"The Taming of the Shrew in performance ""The Taming of the Shrew"" in performance has had an uneven history. Popular in Shakespeare's day, the play fell out of favour during the seventeenth century, when it was replaced on the stage by John Lacy's ""Sauny the Scott"". The original Shakespearean text was not performed at all during the eighteenth century, with David Garrick's adaptation ""Catharine and Petruchio"" dominating the stage. After over two hundred years without a performance, the play returned to the British stage in 1844, the last Shakespeare play restored to the repertory. However, it was only in the"