The Taming of the Shrew
1980
The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
- Jonathan Miller
- 2h 6m
- October 23, 1980 · United Kingdom
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 23, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC,Time-Life Television Productions
- Cast
- Tony Martelli,John Franklyn-Robbins,Jonathan Cecil,Joan Hickson,Alan Hay,David Kinsey,Susan Penhaligon,Gil Morris,Sarah Badel,John Barronand 13 more
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Stephen Oliver
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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