The Taming of the Shrew
“The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.”
1980•2h 6m•8.0•Released
DramaComedyRomanceTV Movie
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.
Director
Jonathan Miller
Languages
English
Studio
Time-Life Television Productions
Cast
Simon Chandler
Lucentio
Anthony Pedley
Tranio
John Franklyn-Robbins
Baptista
Frank Thornton
Gremio
Sarah Badel
Katherine
Jonathan Cecil
Hortensio
John Cleese
Petruchio
Joan Hickson
Widow
Susan Penhaligon
Bianca
Harry Waters
Biondello
David Kincaid
Grumio
Bev Willis
Baptista's Servant
Angus Lennie
Curtis
Harry Webster
Nathaniel
Gil Morris
Philip
Production
Company
Time-Life Television Productions
Company
BBC
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