July 21st is the dedication of the new Shakespeare Garden on campus and also the opening night for MVCC’s production of the play “The Taming of the Shrew”. The MVCC Library has many resources related to “The Taming of the Shrew”, and also about Shakespeare and his works.
Click here to watch a streaming version of the famous Franco Zeffirelli production of “The Taming of the Shrew” starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Discover more about any of Shakespeare’s plays by going online and reading the plot synopsis, character list, a discussion of the work’s principal themes, information about the style and literary devices used, a conversation about the work’s historical context, and a critical overview in Shakespeare for Students, found within the library database Literature for Students from Gale Virtual Reference.
If you are inspired to read one or all of the Shakespeare plays, you can check out the book The Norton Shakespeare, which contains all of the Bard’s plays in one volume.