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• Taming of the Shrew, The
  Taming of the Shrew, The

  noun

  a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
• The Taming of the Shrew
  The Taming of the Shrew

  A comedy by William Shakespeare. The “shrew” is Katherina, or Kate, a wildly moody woman. She meets her match in the spirited Petruchio, who marries her and behaves even more wildly than she, meanwhile treating her as if she were a kind and gentle lady. By the end of the play, she has been reformed, and she makes a memorable speech urging wives to submit to their husbands.

Taming of the Shrew, The

American  

noun

1. a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.

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The Taming of the Shrew Cultural  

1. A comedy by William Shakespeare. The “shrew” is Katherina, or Kate, a wildly moody woman. She meets her match in the spirited Petruchio, who marries her and behaves even more wildly than she, meanwhile treating her as if she were a kind and gentle lady. By the end of the play, she has been reformed, and she makes a memorable speech urging wives to submit to their husbands.

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The musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, by Cole Porter, is based on The Taming of the Shrew.

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The Taming of the Shrew The Porters of Hellgate present a gender-swapped staging of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2019