For the opera by Dominick Argento, see Christopher Sly (opera). For the Australian journalist, see James Edward Neild.
Fictional character
Christopher Sly
The Taming of the Shrew character
The Hostess demands payment from Sly, illustration by H.C. Selous from The Plays of William Shakespeare: The Comedies, edited by Charles Cowden Clarke and Mary Cowden Clarke (1830)
Created by
William Shakespeare
Christopher Sly is a minor character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. He is a drunk man who is easily dominated by women, set up as a foil to Petruchio, the central male character in the play.
ChristopherSly is a minor character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. He is a drunk man who is easily dominated by women, set up as a...
drunken tinker named ChristopherSly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main...
Role Venue 1987 The Steven Weed Show 1992 The Taming of the Shrew ChristopherSly / A Pendant Shakespeare Santa Cruz 1992 A Doll's House Torvald Helmer...
Inishmaan Johnnypateenmike Geffen Playhouse 1999 The Taming of the Shrew ChristopherSly Delacorte Theater 2005 Happy End Narrator Pacific Resident Theatre...
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Taming of the Shrew is a play-within-a-play, presented to convince ChristopherSly, a drunken tinker, that he is a nobleman watching a private performance...
which several critics have argued performs a similar function to the ChristopherSly Induction in the original play, but also works to instill a sense of...
the introduction of Vincentio are both taken from Shakespeare. The ChristopherSly frame is also entirely absent. However, much of Shakespeare's original...
title role in the first professional production of Dominick Argento's ChristopherSly with the Center for Contemporary Opera in Manhattan. In 1991, he portrayed...
Lord's chamber in which the play is staged for ChristopherSly. The Induction was included in full, with Sly remaining at the front of the stage after Act...
first eighteen years after his move to London were The Challenge, ChristopherSly, Queen of the Swords, Conditional Neutrality, Hard Hit – perhaps the...
Merry Wives of Windsor (1940), Autolycus in The Winter's Tale (1942), ChristopherSly The Taming of the Shrew (1939–1942), Stephano in The Tempest (1938–1942)...
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award...
include: Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Timothy Sullivan (World Premiere 1987) ChristopherSly by Dominick Argento (New York Premiere 1987) Insect Comedy - Martin...
TV film Portrait of Alison Italian Detective 1956 The Tamer Tamed ChristopherSly TV film 1957 King's Rhapsody Chief Revolutionary TV film Italian Love...
Dream on the Volga Dominick Argento (1927– ): Casanova's Homecoming, ChristopherSly, Postcard from Morocco Thomas Arne (1710–1778): Alfred, Artaxerxes...
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