Ignoring 'A' and 'The' when sorting with XSLT

Question

I would like to have a list sorted ignoring any initial definite/indefinite articles \'the\' and \'a\'. For instance:

• The Comedy of Errors
• Hamlet

Answer 1

This transformation:

 
Plays sorted by title: 
    
      
      

        
      
    

when applied on this XML document:

produces the wanted, correct result:

Plays sorted by title: 
Barber
The Comedy of Errors
CTA & Fred
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Twelfth Night
The Winter's Tale