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Best Beware My Sting
From William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew


Book by Paul T. Nolan
Music by Arne Christiansen
Lyrics by Ole H. Kittleson


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CAST:  8M, 7F, plus chorus
SET:  Several simple sets
TIME:  About 75 minutes
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Our ever-popular Taming of the Shrew from the Globe Theatre Series has now been enriched with the radiant music of Christiansen and Kittleson.  All the young gentlemen in Padua are in love with the lovely Bianca, but she cannot marry until her older sister, Katherine, is wed.  But Katherine is short-tempered and unmannerly, and no man will have her.  Petruchio, a gentleman from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of a well-to-do wife.  Katherine is certainly prosperous, but in her typically irritable and curt way, she warns Petruchio to "best beware my sting!"  Petruchio, however, biased by her handsome dowry, is willing to tame her shrewish character.  The delightful music adds much charm and Italian flavor to this classic story.  With room for a large chorus of men or women, songs include "Here In Padua," "What Should a Suitor Do?"  and of course, "Best Beware My Sting."


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Best Beware My Sting

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TODD MIDDLE SCHOOL
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
LONDON DISTRICT CHRISTIAN
LONDON, ON  CANADA
NAOMI ALLISON
KILMARNOCK, AYRSHIRE  UNITED KINGDOM
SENATH-HORNERSVILLE HIGH SCHL
SENATH, MO
PRINCETON CHARTER SCHOOL
PRINCETON, NJ
MEV KOLEJI OZEL GUZELBAHCE
GUZELBAHCE  TURKEY
FLEETWOOD PARK SECONDARY
SURREY, BC  CANADA
HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
DENVER, CO
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Best Beware My Sting
Here In Padua
Such Devoted Sisters
Toast the Bride
What Should a Father Do?
Food! Food! Food!
Ode to Bianca
 
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