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The Taming of the Shrew (1980)

The Taming of the Shrew (1980)

Drama Comedy Romance TV Movie

The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.

Release Date: 1980, October 23
Directors: Jonathan Miller
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Time-Life Television Productions, Time-Life Television Productions, BBC, BBC
Cast: John Bird, John Cleese, Derek Deadman, Simon Chandler, Tony Martelli, Angus Lennie, Jonathan Cecil, Bev Willis, John Franklyn-Robbins, Denis Gilmore, Sarah Badel, Harry Webster

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.

Keywords:

shrew