<P> The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592 . </P> <P> The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself . The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion . </P>

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