This newest addition to Oxford's definitive Shakespeare series for young adults is one of Shakespeare's most engaging comedies. Audiences have always delighted in its robust action and verbal inventivness. And the Bard's genius for revealing human nature turns stereotypical figures and plot situations into flesh and blood characters in a crazy but recognizable world. There's Petruchio -- a rogue and a bully who welcomes the taming of the shrewish Katharine as a challenge and ends up falling in love. And Kate, the Shrew herself -- what a character for today's young adults to analyze! Her final "speech to the wives" can always be depended upon to evoke a spirited discussion. Like all the volumes in the series, the book has been especially designed for the young reader. From the wide margins and big print, to the simplicity and extent of explanatory notes, the full text of the play is presented in the clearest and most accessible format available. These sturdily bound paperbacks ensure that the reader's first experience with Shakespeare will be an encouraging one.