Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The Taming of the Shrew
6. Introduction 10
7. Taming of the Shrew
8. The Most Obedient Wife 14
9. How a Bad Daughter Was Made a Good Wife 21
10. Lord for a Day
11. The Frolicksome Duke: Or, The Tinker’s Good Fortune 27
12. Asleep and Awake 30
13. The Wicked Queen Reformed by Whipping by a Cobbler
14. The Queen and the Tripe-Seller 52
15. II. The Comedy of Errors
16. Introduction 59
17. The Twins or Blood-Brothers
18. The Enchanted Doe 62
19. The Story of the Two Golden Brothers 69
20. Black Jack and White Jack 76
21. III. Titus Andronicus
22. Introduction 82
23. The Revenge of the Castrated Man
24. Revenge 88
25. The Scene of Sorrows 89
26. The Lady and the Blackamoor 91
27. The Maiden without Hands
28. The Maiden without Hands 98
29. The Cruel Stepmother 105
30. The Envious Sisters 110
31. Olive 115
32. The Armless Maiden 124
33. IV. The Merchant of Venice
34. Introduction 130
35. A Pound of Flesh
36. The Creditor 133
37. White Onion 137
38. The Cruel Creditor 142
39. Fareed and the Kázi 146
40. Three Caskets
41. The Maid in the Country Underground 149
42. V. All’s Well That Ends Well
43. Introduction 155
44. The Man Who Deserted His Wife
45. Ortodosio, Isabella, Argentina 159
46. Catherine the Wise 167
47. The Sultan’s Camp Follower 175
48. The Talisman of Chastity 180
49. VI. King Lear
50. Introduction 202
51. Love Like Salt
52. Cap o’ Rushes 206
53. The Turkey-Girl 211
54. Marie, the King’s Daughter 220
55. The Gift of God 224
56. The Goose Girl at the Spring 229
57. VII. Cymbeline
58. Introduction 241
59. The Wager on the Wife’s Chastity
60. The Wager on the Wife’s Chastity 251
61. The Innkeeper of Moscow 257
62. Wormwood 262
63. The Lady O’Conor 269
64. Snow White
65. Blanca Rosa and the Forty Thieves 274
66. The Glass Coffin 279
67. Lasair Gheug, the King of Ireland’s Daughter 283
68. The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers
69. The Twelve Wild Ducks 292
70. VIII. The Tempest
71. Introduction 300
72. The Magic Flight
73. Nix Nought Nothing 304
74. Green Sleeves 309
75. The Two Kings’ Children 320
76. Jack Beats the Devil 329
77. The Bee and the Orange Tree 335
78. Bibliography 365
79. Index 369
80. Text Credits 375