The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew


Shakespeare's comedy features the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the play's namesake head-strong "shrew." Other characters include Lucentio, Hortencio, and Christopher Sly (who is the drunken tinker for whose benefit this "play in a play" is staged in the Induction). Shakespeare wrote The Taming of the Shrew after Romeo and Juliet, between 1590-1592.
Painting by Edward Robert Hughes, The Shrew Katherina, 1898.

Edward Robert Hughes, Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Katharina, 1898


Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae

Induction - Scene I

Induction - Scene II

Act I - Scene I Padua. A Public Place

Act I - Scene II Padua. Before Hortensio's House

ACT II - Scene I Padua. Baptista's House

ACT III - Scene I Padua. Baptista's House

Act III - Scene II Padua. Before Baptista's House

Act IV - Scene I Petruchio's Country House

Act IV - Scene II Padua. Before Baptista's House

Act IV - Scene III Petruchio's House

Act IV - Scene IV Padua. Before Baptista's House

Act IV - Scene V A Public Road

Act V - Scene I Padua. Before Lucentio's House

Act V - Scene II Lucentio's House

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