num_pages: 156
description: Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise.Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate?The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.Frances Barber and Roger Allam are Kate and Petruchio. Lucentio is played by Alan Cox.
language: English
title: The Taming of the Shrew
titlecomplete: The Taming of the Shrew
genres: Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Comedy, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 168409
series: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
publisher: Oxford University Press