Episode of Series “Great Themes of Literature”.
This film, edited from Zeffirelli’s lusty version of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”, unfurls with great fun a Renaissance version of the spectacle known as ‘the battle of the sexes’. Stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. As the commentator points out the dramatising violent conflict between men and women in search of love is one way that world literature has dealt with the relationship between the sexes.
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ACMI Identifier
006682
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Drama - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Literature - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal conflict
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Relationships
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Interpersonal conflict
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Love
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Men - Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women - Psychology
Literature → Drama - Adaptations
Literature → Literature - Study and teaching
Literature → Literature, Comparative - Themes, motives
Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Criticism and interpretation
Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)