The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-30

which the result has been reached But
IN the Old play This scene IS treated with
all seriousness and the shrew soberly
calls the sun the noon. just a. she has
yielded other disputed points 20 her ar
bitrary mate Shakespeare knew better
than 20 compel Kate 70 contradict rhe
evidence OF her own senses. except iu
sort OF merry irony. This IL the fashion
in which The earlier dramatist does 10.
Feran-come. Kate. the income shines eleare
Eate-The mlons- WY husband you arr te-
ceiuet. Il Is The sun
Feran-Yet aEaine come ha-ks aEai1e IL shall
y The roous ere We come az your fathers
Eats-vhy us say az you say u . the noors
Feran-Iesus saus the glorious nocn=
Eate-Iesus saue the glorious moo1s-
Fsran-I am glad Kate your stomach - come
know IL veil thou snovest /, Is the
But aid tire to see Il thou woaIa,t
And crosse n now as ;Aou hast dome
And trust u. Kate hadss thou n-t
named The noons.
We rad gone back agaius as sure as
teat5-
The encounter with old vilceutio and
treating him az a young woman - IN the
same playful vein. and this should be
I have somewhere read that a certain
actress IN giving the speech beginning
Pardon. Oh father. ny installing syss
That have beel 20 b-tsEzlsc ~ the sun
uttered the word sun in a roguisnIy
hesitating way. with a sly look az Perru-
chic. as II 20 ask whether she should call
u sun Or moon Such little touches real
- eiuctdate ard illuminate the poets
meaning. and show what might Be made
OF the comedy II u were rendered Alright
instead q being degraded. Obscured and
caricarured. as II generally has been on
the stage The performance OF The play
by Mr.. Days company was a marked
IMPROVEMENT OF the usual misrsu-aEarI-a-
Lei
and heroine did not seem 20 me % bring
ont certain OF the more subtle features
OF shak espeare's CHARACTERIZATION.
The last scene. where Kate wins the
wager for her husband BY her prompt
and unQuestiouabie obedience must BE in
terpreted N the light q what has pre-
ceded; and when Luceutto and H0rteTsiO
express their surprise and wonder EbaL
this "bodes. note PetruchiO's reply.
NARY. peace Il bodss. and love and quie, lie.
Ard AWFUL rule and right sup--macy,
And. % b short what zct that's sweet and
happy7
The peace and love and all that T.
sweet and happy are put first and last.
and the obedience j. mentioned oriy In a
secondary and subordinate way. as II 20
suggest that II was based upon the love
and not upon masculine lGrdShtD.
When Kate pulls OF her cap and treads
IL under foot 10 j. because she under
stands her husbands purpOse-as In the
case Of the sun and the moon When she
is sent out 90 fetch the other wives she g.
bright enough 10 suspect that some trial
OF their cOuIuzal obedience = going en-.
and she at once enters into II with hearty
enjoyment In the long speech THAI sli-
lows Shakespeare has avoided al the alb
surcity or the corresponding part OF the
old play. which Is q petlantic homily on
the creation Of the world and OF man Z
give u here as another specimen Of the
material which Shakespeare worked upou
and which some critics strangely assume
20 De from MS own pen at an earlier
period IN his dramatic career.
Fsran-Now loueiy Kate before there husbands
Ipr-the tell vuto these sedst-ous women
What futts wives doc owe VITO their
Kste-Then you nat liue tAus By your pom
Now list 70 me and narks What shall
The 'tsrnaH power that with his only
Shall saase this end and this beginning
Not IN time. nor before tine. but with
time couflst
For all The course Of yearss. q ages
OF seasons temperate oc eayes and
Are tund and stopt. BY measures o. his
TIE. first world was form. without 4
heap4 confusd MIXTURE all Gesoru.d.
guile % gulf@s a body bodies
Where all the elements were orf--fes
Before The great commander q the
world
Tn. King OF Kings. tn. glorious God o.
Who IN SIX aaies dla fran. his heaaeuly
wc-ke
And mad. all things to stand in pers,
Ther 70 his image he dia make a nan.
Ode Adam. and from his side as..ep-.
rtb was taken, q which the Lord did
make
The we q man 50 tsr-ad By Adam then.
Woman t1r that b. her came slime % -
Ard FOR her sia was Adam tooust 70