Word: hocketing
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...audiences seem to become more appreciative of Shakespeare. 'The Taming of the Shrew' seemed to us particularly well adapted to modernizing. The original version, one of the most amusing farces of the Elizabethan stage, contained many 'local gags'. All example is the passage in the induction about 'Marian Hocket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot'. Shakespeare, without a doubt, changed 'Wincot' to the name of whatever town he was playing in, and made 'Marian Hocket' some local character. Thus he heightened the farcical element, and this can be best conveyed to an American audience by making it typically American...
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