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John Lacey [1698], Sauny the Scott: or, the Taming of the Shrew: a comedy. As it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal. Written by J. Lacey, Servant to His Majesty. And Never before Printed (Printed and Sold by E. Whitlock [etc.], London) [word count] [S32400]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Note return to page 1 Lacy's brutal version of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, in which he himself played Sauny (Grumio, rewritten as a caricatured Scotsman), may have been acted as early as 1663, and was certainly in the repertory of the King's Company by 1667. Among many other alterations, it transfers the action of the play from Padua to London, thereby making it a better companion-piece to Fletcher's Anglicized sequel THE TAMER TAMED. It prove remarkably durable, and was last revived in 1736.
John Lacey [1698], Sauny the Scott: or, the Taming of the Shrew: a comedy. As it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal. Written by J. Lacey, Servant to His Majesty. And Never before Printed (Printed and Sold by E. Whitlock [etc.], London) [word count] [S32400]. |
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