Taming of the Shrew Tags

'Shrew' is Short and Sweet

The very idea of an abbreviated Shakespeare play will likely drive purists mad. Granted, omitting portions of a beloved playwright's dialogue is not a task to be undertaken lightly. But Chicago Shakespeare Theater's "Short...

A Festive Yet Disjointed Shrew

A new production of Taming of the Shrew faces two major challenges. The first is a question of how to approach the domestic violence and misogyny that features so prominently in the play, and the second is...

Christopher Sly is Far From Fly

The Cutting Ball Theatre provides quite a bit of literature for their production of The Taming of the Shrew, and like the production, the literature is jumbled and not to be trusted (for the sake of bias). Most...

Espresso and Amore for a Sarcastic Shrew

It would have been a lot of fun to live in 1950s Italy—at least in the version that Glendale theatre company “A Noise Within” has created for their production of The Taming of the Shrew. Director Geoff Ellio...

Shrew Tames Audiences Nicely

This is a big year for the Shakespeare Theatre. The company has just opened a new venue—the Sidney Harman Hall—which will operate in addition to the existing Lansburgh Theatre. The two theatres collectively will...

Taming of the Shrew

Period written: 1593-1594 Known first performance: June 11, 1594 (Newington Butts Theatre, London) A lord comes across a drunken and comatose Christopher Sly, and conceives the idea of bringing him back to his house and...

Taming of the Shrew: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 Padua. A public square. (Lucentio, Tranio, Baptista, Katherina, Bianca, Gremio, Hortensio, Biondello, Servant, Sly, Page)

Taming of the Shrew: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 Padua. Before Hortensio’s house. (Petruchio, Grumio, Hortensio, Gremio, Lucentio, Tranio, Lucentio, Biondello)

Taming of the Shrew: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 Padua. A room in Baptista Minola’s house. (Katherina, Bianca, Baptista, Gremio, Lucentio, Petruchio, Hortensio, Tranio, Biondello, Baptista’s...

Taming of the Shrew: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 Padua. Baptista’s house. (Lucentio, Hortensio, Bianca, Messenger) Enter Lucentio as Cambio, Hortensio...

Taming of the Shrew: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 Padua. Before Baptista’s house. (Baptista, Gremio, Tranio, Katherine, Bianca, Lucentio, Attendants, Biondello, Petruchio, Grumio,...

Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 Petruchio’s country house. (Grumio, Curtis, Joseph, Petruchio, Kate) Enter...

Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, Scene 2

Scene 2 Padua. Before Baptista’s house. (Tranio, Hortensio, Bianca, Lucentio, Biondello, Pedant) Enter Tranio...

Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3 A room in Petruchio’s house. (Katherina, Grumio, Petruchio, Hortensio, Tailor, Haberdasher) Enter...

Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, Scene 4

Scene 4 Padua. Before Baptista’s house. (Tranio, Pedant, Biondello, Baptista, Lucentio, Peter) Enter Tranio as...

Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, Scene 5

Scene 5 A public road. (Petruchio, Kate, Hortensio, Servants, Vincentio) Enter Petruchio, Kate, Hortensio, and...

Taming of the Shrew: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 Padua. Before Lucentio’s house. (Biondello, Lucentio, Bianca, Gremio, Petruchio, Kate, Vincentio, Grumio, Attendants, Pedant, Servants, Baptista,...

Taming of the Shrew: Act V, Scene 2

Scene 2 Padua. Lucentio’s house. (Baptista, Vincentio, Gremio, Pedant, Lucentio, Bianca, Petruchio, Katherina, Hortensio, Tranio, Biondello, Grumio, Widow,...

Taming of the Shrew: Prologue, Scene 1

Prologue Scene 1 Before an alehouse on a heath. (Christopher Sly, Hostess, Lord, Hunters, First Servingman, Players)

Taming of the Shrew: Prologue, Scene 2

Prologue Scene 2 A bedchamber in the Lord’s house. (Sly, Servants, Lord, Page, Messenger) Enter...