Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, is part of the Barnes & Noble Shakespeareseries. This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott Kastanof Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote. Each volume in the Barnes & Noble Shakespeareincludes: The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare's classic take on the battle of the sexes, continues to shock and delight audiences. The editor, Nicholas F. Radel, provides a rich and illuminating set of notes explaining the many classical and historical references within the play's fast-paced banter.