The Taming of the (Post)Modern Shrew in Literature and on Stage

The present paper aims to analyse the postmodern Shakespearean shrew from Anne Tyler’s bestseller Vinegar Girl and this year’s staging at the Athenaeum in Iasi, Romania. The former is a modern adaptation, while the latter preserves the Italian setting with music and dance inserts from our time. Testifying to the imagination of the novelist/stage director, the texts show once more the immortality of Great Will’s genius and the need to update his plays for contemporary audiences.