The guys who spent a lot of money to have the play printed in the First Folio, under the name of William Shakespeare and with his portrait, sure thought so. read more
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew acts as a comedic roadmap for reconfiguring these emergent modes of "skillful" and civilised dominance for gentlemen, that is, for subordinating a wife without resorting to the "common" man's brute strength. read more