MOVIE
The Taming of the Shrew
“The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.”
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.
Release / first air1980-10-23
Original languageEN
GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance
DirectorJonathan Miller
WriterWilliam Shakespeare
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionTime-Life Television Productions, BBC
Cast & Crew
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Simon ChandlerLucentio
John Franklyn-RobbinsBaptista
Frank ThorntonGremio
Sarah BadelKatherine
Jonathan CecilHortensio
John CleesePetruchio
Joan HicksonWidow
Susan PenhaligonBiancaKeywords
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