italic title about the original play by William Shakespeare the various filmic adaptations The Taming of the Shrew film Use British English date August 2011 Use dmy dates date August 2011 File ShrewKatePetrucio.jpg thumb upright 1.35 Petruchio Kevin Black and Kate Emily Jordan from a Pacific Repertory Theatre Carmel Shakespeare Festival production of The Taming of the Shrew at the outdoor Forest Theater in Carmel by the Sea, California Carmel , CA., October 2003. The Taming of the Shrew is a Shakespearean comedy comedy by William Shakespeare , believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591. The play begins with a framing device , often referred to as the Induction play Induction , ref The term was first used by in Alexander Pope in 1725, and has been commonly employed ever since. The First Folio text simply begins the play with the standard Actus primus, Sc na prima heading, and there is no differentiation between the Induction and what is commonly referred to today as Act 1, Scene 1 Lucentio arriving in Padua . ref in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly s diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio , a gentleman of Verona , and Kate The Taming of the Shrew Katherina , the headstrong, obdurate Shrew archetype shrew . Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments the taming until she becomes a compliant and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina s more desirable sister, Bianca Minola Bianca . The play s apparent misogyny misogynistic elements have become the subject of considerable controversy, particularly among modern audiences and readers. It has nevertheless been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, and musical theatre perhaps the most famous adaptations being Co ... more details
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