The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1980-10-23
Runtime: 126 minutes
Director: Jonathan Miller
Top Cast
- Simon Chandler as Lucentio
- Anthony Pedley as Tranio
- John Franklyn-Robbins as Baptista
- Frank Thornton as Gremio
- Sarah Badel as Katherine
- Jonathan Cecil as Hortensio
- John Cleese as Petruchio
- Joan Hickson as Widow
- Susan Penhaligon as Bianca
- Harry Waters as Biondello
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