There have been numerous on screen adaptations of
Shakespeare
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's ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
''. The best known cinematic adaptations are
Sam Taylor's 1929 ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'' and
Franco Zeffirelli
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, ...
's 1967 ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'', both of which starred the most famous
celebrity couples of their era;
Mary Pickford
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...
and
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thi ...
in 1929 and
Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...
in 1967. On television, perhaps the most significant adaptation is the 1980 ''
BBC Television Shakespeare
The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'' version, directed by
Jonathan Miller
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and starring
John Cleese and
Sarah Badel
Sarah M. Badel (born 30 March 1943) is a retired British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen.
Life and career
Badel was born in London to actor, Alan Badel and actress, Yvonne Owen. She was educ ...
.
The play has also been reworked numerous times for both cinema and television. Some of the better known adaptations include ''
Kiss Me Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-sta ...
'', a 1953 filmic adaptation of
Cole Porter's
1948 musical based on the play, ''
McLintock!
:''See also McClintock (disambiguation)''
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'' (1963), ''
Il Bisbetico Domato
''Il Bisbetico Domato'' (literally "The Ill-Tempered Man Tamed"; English: ''The Taming of the Scoundrel'') is a 1980 Italian film directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia, credited as Castellano & Pipolo. The plot is loosely inspired by ...
'' (1980), ''
10 Things I Hate About You
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'' (1999), ''
Deliver Us from Eva
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'' (2003) and ''
Isi Life Mein...!'' (2010).
Film
Silent era
The earliest cinematic adaptation of the play is
D.W. Griffith
David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the na ...
's eleven-minute ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'', made for
Biograph in 1908, starring
Florence Lawrence as Katherina and
Arthur V. Johnson as
Petruchio
Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio; ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's '' The Taming of the Shrew'' (c. 1590–1594). Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman ...
. The
blurb
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for the film stated "if we could see ourselves as others see us what models we would become."
Also released in Italy in 1908 was the seven-minute ''La bisbetica domata'', directed by Azeglio Pineschi and Lamberto Pineschi. There is no known cast list for this film. Unlike all other silent adaptations, this version retains the Katherina/
Bianca
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche.
Variants
* Blanche: French
* Bianca: Italian
* Bianka ( Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, C ...
sibling rivalry.
In 1911,
F.R. Benson directed a twelve-minute silent filmed extract from his own
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) (originally called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) is a grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakesp ...
production, starring himself and his wife,
Constance Benson
Gertrude Constance Cockburn Benson ( Samwell; 26 February 1864 – 19 January 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Before her marriage to Frank Benson, she was known by the stage name Constance Featherstonhaugh, pronounced "Fanshaw" ().
B ...
. The film presented a heavily truncated
pantomime
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version of the story, with pieces of Shakespeare's original text used as
intertitle
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s throughout. It is now believed lost, although several stills survive in the library archives of the
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) is an independent registered educational charity based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, that came into existence in 1847 following the purchase of William Shakespeare's birthplace for preserva ...
.
[ ] Also released in France in 1911 was ''La mégère apprivoisée'', directed by
Henri Desfontaines and starring Madeleine Barjac and Romauld Joubé. It is thought to be the first version to show scenes which take place off-stage in the play; in this case, the wedding and the journey to Petruchio's house.
A 1913 Italian version, the twenty-two-minute ''La bisbetica domata'', was directed by Arrigo Frusta and starred Gigetta Morano and
Eleuterio Rodolfi
Eleuterio Rodolfi (1876–1933) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was a leading figure in Italian cinema during the silent era, directing over a hundred films including '' The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1913).Everett p.19
Sel ...
. This version also shows scenes not in the play.
Another English adaptation was released in 1915, directed by and starring Arthur Backner. This version is also lost. Intended more as a showcase for a new type of sound system than an adaptation of the play, the film consisted entirely of the scene where Petruchio and Katherina first meet. Shot using a process known as Voxograph, the actors spoke the complete text during filming, and when the film was played at the theatre, "the same actors, one at each side of the screen but unseen, repeated the words in what was supposed to be synchronisation. It was expected that the
operator, after rehearsal, would be able to project the film so that picture and voice would jibe."
The earliest surviving British filmic adaptation is
Edwin J. Collins' 1923 version, adapted by
Eliot Stannard
Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) was an English screenwriter and director. He was the son of civil engineer Arthur Stannard and Yorkshire-born novelist Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer. Stannard wrote the screenplay for more ...
, and starring Dacia Deane and
Lauderdale Maitland
Lauderdale Maitland (1878 – 28 February 1929) was a British stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Ivanhoe'' (1913)
* '' The Beggar Girl's Wedding'' (1915)
* ''Queen's Evidence'' (1919)
* ''The Right to Strike'' (1923)
* ''The Taming o ...
. One of a series of forty-minute adaptations of classic texts released under the ''Gems of Literature'' banner, only the second half of the film survives, and the final scene is incomplete as a result of print damage. This version very much adopts Petruchio's perspective, and one of the intertitles reads "by noon the next day, though famished and weary for want of food and rest, the Shrew deep in her heart admired the man whose temper is greater than her own."
Sam Taylor (1929)
The first sound adaptation of the play was in 1929;
Sam Taylor's ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'', starring
Mary Pickford
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...
and
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thi ...
(the first sound adaptation of any Shakespeare play
). This version was simultaneously shot as a silent film, and, depending on whether a given theatre was equipped to screen sound films, was released both as a "talkie" and a silent. Using only 500 lines from the original play, and a few lines from
David Garrick's 1754 adaptation of ''Shrew'', ''
Catharine and Petruchio'',
the film is primarily known for how Pickford delivers Katherina's last speech. As she moves through the litany of reasons why a woman should obey her husband, she winks toward Bianca (
Dorothy Jordan), unseen by Petruchio. Bianca smiles in silent communication with Katherina, thus acknowledging that Katherina has not been tamed at all. The film opens with a
Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically Mr. Punch and one other character ...
puppet show which several critics have argued performs a similar function to the
Christopher Sly
Christopher Sly is a minor character in William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew.'' He is a drunk man who is easily dominated by women, set up as a Foil (literature), foil to Petruchio, the central male character in the play.
Role
''The T ...
Induction
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in the original play, but also works to instill a sense of false anticipation in the audience; the puppet show ends with Judy sinking lovingly into Punch's arms after he beats her. In the film, Katherina never sinks into Petruchio's arms. Indeed, Pickford's Katherina is much more resistant than in many stage versions; there is an extended scene of her wrecking Baptista's home, she only agrees to marry Petruchio when he stands on her foot and her scream is taken by the priest as consent, when she falls in the mud on the way to Petruchio's house, he offers to help but she refuses, she rejects meat at the dinner table rather than being tempted by it. Most significantly, when Petruchio outlines his plan to tame her "with kindness" (4.1.195), which is usually a
soliloquy, Katherina hears him. She then proceeds to 'out-tame' him; when he messes up the bed clothes, she overturns the entire mattress, sparking a game of one-upmanship which ends when she flings a stool at him and knocks him out. The conversation about the sun and moon, so often seen as a pivotal turning point in the taming is then delivered with a befuddled Petruchio apparently genuinely unsure whether he is looking at the sun or the moon, and a worried Katherina trying to placate him. This is immediately followed by her 'submission' speech, and her wink.
Elizabeth Schafer
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believes this is a Katherina that has not been tamed; "unlike Shakespeare's Katherina, Pickford's Katherina knows what Petruchio is trying to do in taming her and she responds to this tactically and successfully. Her surpassing of Petruchio's outrageous behaviour leaves him nonplussed and concussed."
However, Pickford herself was unhappy with the film, and with how Taylor had directed her. In her autobiography, she wrote she wanted to play Katherina as a ferocious woman, but Taylor told her "We don't want any of that heavy stage drama; we want the old Pickford tricks." Pickford said of her performance, "Instead of being a forceful tiger-cat, I was a spitting little kitten."
Franco Zeffirelli (1967)
The next cinematic adaptation was
Franco Zeffirelli
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, ...
's 1967 ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'', starring
Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...
. This version omits the Induction; however, some critics have commented that the title sequence offers a modern 'replacement' for the Induction. The film begins with Lucentio (
Michael York
Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English film, television and stage actor. After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's ''Ro ...
) and Tranio (
Alfred Lynch
Alfred Cornelius Lynch (26 January 1931 – 16 December 2003) was an English actor on stage, film and television.
Early life
Lynch was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of a plumber. After attending a Catholic school, he worked in a drawing o ...
) arriving in Padua in the middle of what appears to be a funeral. However, after a moment, the funeral suddenly transforms into a colourful party which moves from the church through the streets as the credits for the film play.
Graham Holderness
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argues of this scene,
Sylvan Barnet believes that in this adaptation, "Kate and Petruchio fall in love almost as soon as they see each other."
Barbara Hodgdon has also pointed out that several times, Katherina can be seen gazing longingly at Petruchio. Critics have also noted that Katherina twice consciously makes the decision to go along with Petruchio. The first moment is behind the stained glass window, when she silently decides to marry him. The second is when she follows him after he leaves her at the gates of Padua. In this version, Katherina delivers her final speech seemingly without
irony. Zeffirelli and Burton both wanted Elizabeth Taylor to deliver the speech ironically, ''a la'' Mary Pickford, but Taylor felt it would be better to speak seriously, and then undermine that seriousness by leaving the banquet without Petruchio, thus subverting his apparent authority over her. However, Elizabeth Schafer calls the film "intensely conservative," citing the controversial advertising blurb; "A motion picture for every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved...and for every woman who deserved it. ''Which takes in a lot of people!''
Russell Jackson argues the film "offers a 1960s liberation more likely to appeal to
Lawrentians than present-day
feminists
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." However, Schafer does go on to acknowledge that "because of the sheer power of Taylor's presence, Katherina occupies a far more memorable filmic space than the dramatic space she has in the original play.
[For more information on this production, see and ]
Other releases
In 1961, Sergei Kolosov directed a black and white theatrical adaptation for
Mosfilm
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, starring
Lyudmila Kasatkina
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and
Andrei Alekseyevich Popov
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Biography
...
.
In 1983, John Allison directed a
straight-to-video
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production played out on a bare
Elizabethan stage modeled after the
Globe Theatre. The film was part of a series called ''Shakespeare in Performance'', which produced adaptations using relatively complete texts intended for use as educational tools in schools, with the primary aim being to show how the plays would have looked when originally performed. The production starred
Karen Austin and
Franklyn Seales
Franklyn Seales (July 15, 1952 – May 14, 1990) was an American film, television and stage actor. He was known for his portrayals of business manager Dexter Stuffins in the 1980s sitcom ''Silver Spoons'', and real-life convicted cop killer Jim ...
.
Adaptations
Other film versions (which are loose adaptations as opposed to straight translations from stage to screen) include:
* ''Taming Mrs. Shrew'' (1912); director and cast unknown; sets the play in a contemporary ''milieu'' as a husband tries to tame his nagging wife.
* ''The Taming of the Shrewd'' (1912); directed by
Harry A. Pollard
Harry A. Pollard (23 January 1879 – 6 July 1934) was an American silent film actor and director. His wife was silent screen star Margarita Fischer.
Biography
Harry A. Pollard was born in Republic, Kansas, and began his career on the stage. In ...
, starring
Norma Shearer
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and
Reginald Denny; again sets the play in a contemporary ''milieu'' as a husband attempts to curtail his wife's attendance of local
suffragette meetings by pretending to have an affair.
* ''The Iron Strain'' (1915); written by
C. Gardner Sullivan, directed by
Reginald Barker
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Biography
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Barker's family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, ...
, starring
Enid Markey
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and
Dustin Farnum
Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 – July 3, 1929) was an American singer, dancer, and actor on the stage and in silent films. Although he played a wide variety of roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the biggest stars of the genr ...
; relocates the story to modern day New York and Alaska as a boorish
prospector
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attempts to tame a beautiful but spoiled
socialite. Released in the UK in 1917 under the title ''The Modern Taming of the Shrew''.
* ''Impossible Catherine'' (1919); written by Frank S. Beresford, directed by
John B. O'Brien
John B. "Jack" O'Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926.
Biography
O' ...
, starring
Virginia Pearson
Virginia Belle Pearson (March 7, 1886 – June 6, 1958) was an American stage and film actress. She made fifty-one films in a career which extended from 1910 until 1932.
Career
She was born on March 7, 1886, in Anchorage, Kentucky to paren ...
and
William B. Davidson; relocates the story to modern day
Yale University
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where a literature student is inspired by his reading of the play to tame the feminist daughter of a wealthy banker.
* ''
Daring Youth
''Daring Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Beaudine, starring Bebe Daniels, Norman Kerry, and Lee Moran. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''.
Plot
As described in a ...
'' (1924); written by
Dorothy Farnum
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Career
Farnum was the daughter of actor Wi ...
, directed by
William Beaudine
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Life and car ...
, starring
Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such ...
and
Norman Kerry
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; when a soon to be married woman sees her unhappily married mother successfully exert her independence from her husband, the young woman decides to follow suit. Much to her annoyance, her husband is happy to go along with the idea.
* ''
The Framing of the Shrew'' (1929); written by
Octavus Roy Cohen
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, directed by
Arvid E. Gillstrom, starring
Evelyn Preer
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and Edward Thompson; when a man becomes exasperated with his domineering wife, he decides to tame her by initiating divorce proceedings and pretending he has a girlfriend.
* ''
Elstree Calling
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Synopsis
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'' (1930); a
revue
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-style film featuring a series of sketches by British
variety stars; an ongoing joke involves
Donald Calthrop
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Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ...
attempting to present Shakespeare in an "interesting and modern manner" but continually being prevented from doing so by the producers. Eventually, they allow him to present one scene - the initial meeting between Katherina and Petruchio. Calthrop plays Petruchio to
Anna May Wong
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's Katherina, who responds to his advances by throwing furniture and food at him. Eventually Shakespeare himself (played by
Gordon Begg
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) arrives, lamenting the quality of the production, before he is hit by a thrown pie; ''Taming of the Shrew'' section written by
Adrian Brunel
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, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
* ''
You Made Me Love You'' (1933); written by
Frank Launder
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Early life and career
He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, ...
, directed by
Monty Banks
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Banks was born Mario ...
, starring
Thelma Todd
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and
Stanley Lupino; a spoilt heiress is married off by her father to the first suitor to present himself, a songwriter with a penchant for practical jokes who must try to charm his way into her affections.
* ''
Second Best Bed
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'' (1938); written by
Ben Travers
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, directed by
Tom Walls
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, starring
Jane Baxter
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and Tom Walls; when a rich
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Etymo ...
marries a spoilt woman, he sets about trying to mould her into the perfect wife.
* ''
La bisbetica domata'' (1942); written by
Sergio Amidei
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Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio ...
, directed by
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (15 December 1897 – 2 February 1945) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director. He directed fifteen films including the 1940 melodrama '' Goodbye Youth''.Gundle p.56 He had previously worked as assistant ...
, starring
Lilia Silvi
Lilia Silvi (22 December 1922 – 27 July 2013) was an Italian film actress. Silvi was one of several young actresses presented as an Italian equivalent to the Canadian-born Cinema of the United States, Hollywood star Deanna Durbin. She appeared ...
and
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Al ...
; relocates the story to modern day Rome, with a veiled anti-
fascist
Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...
undercurrent.
* ''Makacs Kata'' (1943); written by
István Békeffy and
Piri Peéry
Piri Peéry (1904–1962) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. Laura p.262 She appeared as a character actress in a number of Hungarian film productions.
Selected filmography
* ''Romance of Ida'' (1934)
* '' The Empress and the Hussar'' (19 ...
, directed by
Viktor Bánky
Viktor Bánky (17 January 1899 – 13 March 1967) was a Hungarian film editor and director.
Selected filmography
Editor
* '' A Night in Venice'' (1934)
* '' Where the Lark Sings'' (1936)
* '' Fräulein Veronika'' (1936)
* '' Sein letztes Modell' ...
, starring
Emmi Buttykay Emmi may refer to:
People
*Emmi (Australian singer), singer-songwriter and voice of Blind Pig
*Emmi (Finnish singer), a Finnish singer-songwriter
*Emmi Dölling (1906–1990), a Czechoslovak/German political activist and journalist
*Emmi Welter (18 ...
and
Miklós Hajmássy
Miklós Hajmássy (1900–1990) was a Hungarian stage actor, stage and film actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.84 A prominent actor of the Horthy era, he emigrated to Argentina following the Second World War where he was active with the Hungarian Nati ...
; relocates the play to contemporary Hungary where a rich heiress marries a peasant with the intention of divorcing him after a month so she can claim her inheritance. However, he takes her to his shack in the country where she must learn to live without wealth and privilege.
* ''A makrancos hölgy'' (1943); written and directed by
Emil Martonffy
Emil Martonffy (1904–1983) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' It Happened in March'' (1934)
* '' Thanks for Knocking Me Down'' (1935)
* '' The Wise Mother'' (1935)
* '' Pogányok'' (1937)
* '' R ...
, starring
Katalin Karády
Katalin Karády (8 December 1910 – 8 February 1990) was a Hungarian actress and singer. A leading actress in Hungarian movies made between 1939–1945, she is best known outside Hungary as an awardee of the Righteous among the Nations hono ...
and
Pál Jávor; a musical adaptation set in contemporary Hungary.
* ''
Enamorada'' (1946); written and directed by
Emilio Fernández
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 October 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best kn ...
, starring
Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars ...
and
María Félix
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s an ...
; a
comedy drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...
set during the
Mexican Revolution
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in which a revolutionary general takes the town of
Cholula, meets the beautiful and tempestuous daughter of the richest man in town, falls in love, and makes the promise to marry her, in spite of the fact that she's engaged to an American businessman. After several unsuccessful attempts to make her fall in love with him, the general is about to surrender and leave the town.
* ''Cartas marcadas'' (1948), written by Ernesto Cortázar,
René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Biography
René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on Oc ...
and Ramón Pérez Peláez, directed by René Cardona, starring
Marga López
Catalina Margarita López Ramos (; June 21, 1924 – July 4, 2005), known professionally as Marga López, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress.
Biography
Born Catalina Margarita López Ramos in June 21st, 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argen ...
and
Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America.
Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...
; a
farce
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set in contemporary Mexico, a couple married in an arranged marriage discover they hate one another and set about trying to outdo each other in an ongoing game of one-upmanship.
* ''
Kiss Me Kate
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'' (1953); written for the screen by
Dorothy Kingsley
Dorothy Kingsley (October 14, 1909 – September 26, 1997) was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio and television.
Biography
Born in New York City, Kingsley was the daughter of newspaperman and press agent Walter J. ...
, directed by
George Sidney
George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgro ...
, starring
Kathryn Grayson
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From the age of twelve, Grayson train ...
and
Howard Keel
Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer, known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS te ...
; filmic adaptation of
Cole Porter's
1948 musical.
* ''La fierecilla domada'' (1956); written by Manuel Villegas López, Jesús María de Arozamena, José Luis Colina and
Antonio Román
Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with doc ...
, directed by Antonio Román, starring
Carmen Sevilla
María del Carmen García Galisteo (born 16 October 1930), in Seville, Spain, known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, is a retired Spanish actress, singer and dancer. She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and hi ...
and
Alberto Closas
Alberto Closas Lluró (30 October 1921, in Barcelona – 19 September 1994, in Madrid) was a prolific Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955.
His family emigrated to A ...
; a musical set in a small village in modern-day Spain.
* ''
Abba Aa Hudugi
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'' (1959); written and directed by H.L.N. Simha, starring Kalyankumar and
Mynavathi
Mynavathi (26 July 1935 – 10 November 2012) was an Indian actress. She made her first screen appearance as an actor in the 1955 Kannada film ''Santa Sakhu'' and acted in over 100 Kannada films. She was the younger sister of another popular Ka ...
;
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
language film telling a story broadly identical to the original.
* ''Ah min hawaa'' (1962); written by Mohamed Abu Youssef, directed by
Fatin Abdel Wahab
Fatin Abdel Wahab ( ar, فطين عبد الوهاب; 22 November 1913 – 12 May 1972) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970. His 1961 film ''Wife Number 13'' was entered into the 12th Berlin International F ...
, starring
Lobna Abdel Aziz and
Rushdy Abaza
Rushdy Saiid El Bughdady Abaza ( arz, رشدي سعيد البوغدادي أباظة) (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry. He ...
; set in contemporary Egypt, a lowly vet agrees to marry the tempestuous elder granddaughter of a wealthy landowner, so the younger daughter may marry the man she loves.
[ ]
* ''
Gundamma Katha
''Gundamma Katha'' () is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao and co-produced by Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani under their banner Vijaya Productions. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, S ...
'' (1962); written by Aluri Chakrapani and D. V. Narasaraju, directed by
Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Kamalakara Kameswara Rao (14 October 1911 – 29 June 1998) was an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and a few Tamil and Hindi films. Widely known as ''Pauranika Chitra Brahma'' (), Kameswara Rao directed f ...
, starring
Suryakantam and
N. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...
; set in India, the film is loosely based on certain aspects of the play and tells the story of a rich widow who ill-treats her step-daughter until she is made to see the error of her ways by her two sons-in-law.
* ''
Manithan Maravillai'' (1962); written by
Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, directed by
Aluri Chakrapani
Chakrapani (born Aluri Venkata Subbarao; 5 August 1908 – 24 September 1975) was an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He won two Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. He was also n ...
, starring
M. S. Sundari Bai
Madurai Saurashtra Sundari Bai (2 March 1923 – 12 March 2006) was an Indian actress, singer and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil cinema from the 1940s to the 1970s. Sundari Bai was the wife of writer and director Kothamangalam Subbu. Her mos ...
and
Gemini Ganesan
Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as the ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (King of Romance) for his romantic roles ...
; a
Tamil language
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remake of ''Gundamma Katha''.
* ''
McLintock!
:''See also McClintock (disambiguation)''
''McLintock!'' is a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film co-stars Wayne's son Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kru ...
'' (1963); written by
James Edward Grant
James Edward Grant (July 2, 1905 – February 19, 1966) was an American short story writer, screenwriter and film director, who contributed to more than fifty films between 1935 and 1971. He collaborated with John Wayne on twelve projects, start ...
, directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
Andrew Victor McLaglen (July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014) was a British-born American film and television director, known for
Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart.
According to one obituary "His career ...
, starring
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural ...
and
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...
; relocates the play to the
American Old West
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where a wealthy cattle baron has to try to keep his tempestuous wife under control.
* ''
Arivaali'' (1963); written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswami, starring
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (7 September 1925 – 24 December 2005) was an Indian actress, singer, film producer, director, music composer, and novelist. She is regarded as the first female super star of Telugu cinema. She is also considered the ...
and
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...
; the story of a socially conscientious man who fights for the welfare of the local villagers and the spoiled daughter of a rich farmer.
* ''
Pattikada Pattanama
''Pattikada Pattanama'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. The film deals with Kalpana, an urban woman who m ...
'' (1972); written by Bala Murugan; directed by
P. Madhavan, starring
Jayalalithaa
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and
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...
; the story of a rich young man who marries a woman educated abroad, leading to a tempestuous marriage.
* ''
Il Bisbetico Domato
''Il Bisbetico Domato'' (literally "The Ill-Tempered Man Tamed"; English: ''The Taming of the Scoundrel'') is a 1980 Italian film directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia, credited as Castellano & Pipolo. The plot is loosely inspired by ...
'' (1980); written and directed by
Franco Castellano
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and
Giuseppe Moccia
Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia (22 June 1933 – 20 August 2006) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1958 and 2001. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1997. Most of the films he co-wrote and co-dir ...
, starring
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.''
Early life
Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and I ...
and
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing.
Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...
; set in modern-day Italy, the film reverses the gender paradigm, as a young woman tries to curtail the bad behavior of a grumpy farmer.
* ''
Nanjundi Kalyana
''Nanjundi Kalyana'' () is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film, directed by M. S. Rajashekar, starring newcomers Raghavendra Rajkumar and Malashri, with Girija Lokesh and Sundar Krishna Urs as the lead cast. The film was a major ...
'' (1989); written by
Chi. Udayashankar; directed by M. S. Rajashekar, starring
Malashri
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and
Raghavendra Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar (born 15 August 1965) is an Indian actor, singer and producer of Kannada cinema. He is the son of actor Dr. Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Chiranjeevi Sudhakar'' ...
;
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
language film telling a story broadly identical to the original.
* ''The Taming of the Screw'' (1997); written and directed by Jim Powers, starring Mila Shegol and Tony Martino; a
pornographic
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partner
Partner, Partners, The Partner, or, The Partners may refer to:
Books
* ''The Partner'' (Grisham novel), by John Grisham, 1997
* ''The Partner'' (Jenaro Prieto novel), 1928
* ''The Partners'' (book), a 1983 book by James B. Stewart
* ''Partner'' (m ...
in the law firm for which he works if he marries the boss' tempestuous daughter. He decides to tame her by forcing her to have sex with as many of his friends as he can, something she is more than happy to do.
* ''
10 Things I Hate About You
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'' (1999), written by
Karen McCullah Lutz and
Kirsten Smith, directed by
Gil Junger
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Filmography Film
Television
...
, starring
Julia Stiles
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and
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to ...
; recasts the play as a
teen
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romantic comedy
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set in 'Padua Stadium High School', where an overprotective father decides that his popular younger daughter cannot date until his shrewish older daughter begins to date, much to the chagrin of the younger girl's many admirers, who decide to work together to find someone willing to date the elder daughter.
* ''
Deliver Us from Eva
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'' (2003); written by James Iver Mattson and B.E. Brauner, directed by Gary Hardwick, starring
Gabrielle Union
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and
LL Cool J
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; relocates the play to modern Los Angeles, where a shrewish woman is constantly interfering in the affairs of her family and friends. Fed up with the intrusion, they get together and pay a local
playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
to date her and teach her a lesson, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling for her.
* ''Kate-La bisbetica domata'' (2004); written and directed by Roberto Lione, starring Daniela Cavallini and
Neri Marcorè
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;
animated film
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which uses
stop motion
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animation techniques but with
construction paper
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puppets rather than clay or graphics - a technique Lione refers to as "papermotion."
* ''
Nalnari jongbujeon'' (2008); written by Park Yeon-seon, directed by Won-kuk Lim, starring
Park Jung-ah
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Career 2000-present: Career beginnings, breakthrough success and Jewelry
Park graduated from Dongduk Women's University with a bachelo ...
and Park Jin Woo; set in contemporary South Korea, a shy and quiet young man is pursued by a spoiled woman used to getting what she wants. When he introduces her to his family, they decide she is not ladylike enough and set about taming her.
* ''
Isi Life Mein...!'' (2010); written by
Vidhi Kasliwal
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She has worked for Rajshri Productions, where she wrote and produced documentaries, and worked as an assistant to directors Sooraj R. Bar ...
and Sulekha Bajpai, directed by
Vidhi Kasliwal
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She has worked for Rajshri Productions, where she wrote and produced documentaries, and worked as an assistant to directors Sooraj R. Bar ...
, starring
Sandeepa Dhar
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and
Akshay Oberoi
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; when a young girl is sent to college in Mumbai, she joins the Dramatics Society, which is currently working on a production of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' for the National Theatre Festival. However, when several members of the cast complain that the play is sexist, the director decides to rewrite it, removing any misogyny, and renaming it ''The Taming of the Shrew - Reborn''.
Television
The earliest screening of the play is often inaccurately reported to have been broadcast on
BBC Television Service in 1939, directed by
Dallas Bower
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and starring
Margaretta Scott
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and
Austin Trevor
Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky (7 October 1897 – 22 January 1978) was an Irish actor who had a long career in film and television.
He played the parson in John Galsworthy's ''Escape'' at the world premiere in London's West End in 1926 an ...
. However, this was an adaptation of Garrick's ''Catharine and Petruchio'', not Shakespeare's ''Shrew''.
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The first television performance of the Shakespearean text was in the United States in 1950, broadcast live on
CBS
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as part of the ''
Westinghouse Studio One
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'' series. A heavily edited sixty-minute modern-dress performance, written by
Worthington Miner
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and directed by Paul Nickell, it starred
Lisa Kirk
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Career
Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, she was raise ...
and
Charlton Heston
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As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film ''The Ten C ...
. Katherina's opening speech in 4.3, beginning with "the more my wrong, the more his spite appears" was delivered in the form of a
voice-over
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, an unusual technique at the time. The production is also notable insofar as when she hugs Petruchio after her climactic speech, she winks at the camera.
Diana E. Henderson writes "this version relentlessly reiterates conventional post-war ideas of gender difference
..the production as a whole serves to legitimatise the domestication of women."
In 1952, BBC Television Service screened a live adaptation as part of their ''
Sunday Night Theatre
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The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, pa ...
'' series, directed by
Desmond Davis
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and starring
Margaret Johnston
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and
Stanley Baker
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.
In 1956,
NBC
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's ''
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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'' screened the first colour television adaptation, directed by
George Schaefer, and starring
Lilli Palmer
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and
Maurice Evans (who also produced). The initial script was written by
Michael Hogan, who included the Induction, and kept Sly on stage for the entire show, which culminated with him beating his own wife, much to the delight of the actors who have just performed for him. This script, however, was heavily rewritten by ''Hall of Fame'' producer William Nichols, who removed the frame. The production instead opens with Grumio (
Jerome Kilty
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Career
K ...
) addressing the camera directly, inviting the audience to view the "antic players." A ''
commedia dell'arte
(; ; ) was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was formerly called Italian comedy in English and is also known as , , and . Charact ...
''-style production, Katherina and Petruchio first meet in a boxing ring, with their initial encounter, literally, turning into a boxing match.
In 1982,
CBC broadcast
Peter Dews' production from the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. Directed for television by
Norman Campbell, it starred
Sharry Flett and
Len Cariou
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, with Desmond Ellis as Sly. This is the first known television version to include the Sly framework. Elizabeth Schafer describes the effect of using the Induction in a TV production as "
Brechtian
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without ever being too solemn."
Also in 1982, the play inaugurated the
Channel 4
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series ''Shakespeare Lives!'' Conceived by director
Michael Bogdanov
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Early years
Bogdanov was born Michael Bogd ...
as a direct reply to the ''BBC Television Shakespeare'', which he loathed, the series examined six plays using
National Theatre actors and a live audience, with whom Bogdanov and the actors would speak, often re-acting scenes using different suggestions from audience members. ''The Taming of the Shrew'' episode was the basis of a two-part
Roundhouse Theatre
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workshop starring
Suzanne Bertish
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Educated at Woldingham School, Bertish joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many of its productions, including its marathon eight-and-a-half-hour ...
and
Daniel Massey, which addressed whether or not the play demeans women, or depicts how they are demeaned in society.
In 1986, the television series ''
Moonlighting
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'' produced an episode entitled "Atomic Shakespeare", written by Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno (with a writing credit for William 'Budd' Shakespeare), and directed by
Will Mackenzie
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Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1965 in the original production of the musica ...
. The episode recasts the show's main characters in a
self-referential
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comedic parody of ''The Taming of the Shrew''. The episode opens with a boy who is annoyed that he has to read ''The Shrew'' for his homework, rather than watching his favourite programme, ''Moonlighting'' itself. He goes to his room and begins reading, and the episode then takes place in his mind as he imagines the members of the cast of ''Moonlighting'' in an adaptation of the play itself, with
Cybill Shepherd
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as Katherina and
Bruce Willis
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as Petruchio.
In 1994, BBC aired an
adaptation
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as part of ''
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales''. This version adapted the end of ''The Taming of a Shrew'' to round out the frame; after Sly announces he now knows how to tame a shrew, he proudly walks back into the tavern to confront the hostess, but almost immediately, he is flung back out, in exactly the same way as the episode began. Directed by Aida Ziablikova and adapted from Shakespeare by
Leon Garfield
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, it is voiced by
Amanda Root
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Root is known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film adaptation of Jane Austen's '' Persuasion'', her role in the Britis ...
and Nigel Le Vaillant, with
Malcolm Storry
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as Sly.
The 1999 Chilean
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La Fiera is a free adaptation of the play; the story is set in the late 1990s and relocated to
Chiloé, an island in the south of
Chile
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. The role of Katherina is played by
Claudia Di Girólamo
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(as Catalina Chamorro), a tough, free-spirited woman who refuses to settle as a wife; she eventually finds love with Martín Echaurren (
Francisco Reyes, who plays the role of Petruchio), one of her suitors. Similarly, the 2000-2001 Brazilian
soap opera
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''
O Cravo e a Rosa
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Plot
...
'' relocates the play to 1920s São Paulo and introduces Catarina, a wealthy feminist who doesn't believe in marriage and slowly finds herself falling in love with a gruff peasant farmer named Petruchio. Created by
Walcyr Carrasco
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Career
Walcyr Rodrigues Carrasco was born on December 2, 1951, in Bernardino de Campos, São Paulo. Writer, playwright and screenwriter, began his ...
, the show starred
Adriana Esteves and Eduardo Moscovis as Catarina and Petruchio, respectively.
In 2002, the television series ''
One on One'' produced an episode called "Tame me, I'm a Shrew". Written by Kenny Buford and directed by Dana De Vally Piazza the episode depicts the main character, Breanna (
Kyla Pratt
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) getting the leading part in a school performance of ''The Taming Of The Shrew''. Upon finding Shakespeare's language difficult and out of date, she creates a
rap
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version. However, she allows her ego to get the better of her, and unconsciously attempts to take over the production from the director, who ultimately fires her, and hires her best friend for the role instead.
In 2003, an episode of ''
The Anna Nicole Show
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'', called "Shrew's the Boss?", featured
Anna Nicole Smith attending acting classes in Los Angeles, where she performs the first meeting between Katherina and Petruchio, alongside actor
Danny Bonaduce
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.
In 2005,
BBC One
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broadcast an adaptation for the ''
ShakespeaRe-Told
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'' series, written by
Sally Wainwright
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and directed by David Richards. Written in modern prose, the episode relocates the story to contemporary London, where Katherine (
Shirley Henderson
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) is an abrasive career politician who is told she must find a husband if she wants to become the party leader. Meanwhile, her
supermodel
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sister Bianca (
Jaime Murray
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) has fallen in love with Lucentio (
Santiago Cabrera
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) and wants to marry him, but Bianca's manager, Harry (
Stephen Tompkinson
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), has long believed she will marry him. To put him off, Bianca announces she will not marry until her sister is married (as she believes Katherine will never marry). Harry then arranges a meeting between his friend Petruchio (
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (; born 29 October 1967) is a British film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in '' Carrington'' (1995), '' ''Hamlet' (1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), '' Dark City'' (1998), '' A Knight's Tale ''(2001), '' Th ...
) and Katherine. Harry bets Petruchio that he will not be able to woo Katherine, so, determined to prove him wrong, Petruchio sets out to win her over. At the end of the episode, Katherine's 'submission' speech is triggered when Bianca is annoyed that Lucentio refuses to sign a
pre-nuptial agreement. Katherine states it is a woman's duty to love and obey her husband, but with the requirement that he do precisely the same for her. Petruchio even willingly becomes a "house-husband" for their young children whilst Katherine is elected as Prime Minister.
In 2009,
ABC Family
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adapted the 1999 film ''10 Things I Hate About You'' as a
sitcom
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of the same name, starring
Lindsey Shaw
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and
Ethan Peck
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.
In 2014, the play featured in an episode of ''My Shakespeare'' on
Sky Arts
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. Each episode of the show is hosted by an actor discussing their favourite Shakespearean play with other actors and theatrical professionals. Scholars are also interviewed in each episode, and clips from various productions are shown, as well as scenes shot specifically for the show at Shakespeare's Globe. ''The Taming of the Shrew'' episode is hosted by
Morgan Freeman
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, who had played Petruchio in 1990 at the
Delacorte Theater
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Over five million people have attended more than 15 ...
. Interviewees include
Tracey Ullman
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(who played Katherina to Freeman's Petruchio),
Sinéad Cusack
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(
Barry Kyle
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Kyle attended Beal Grammar School in Ilford and then studied drama and Engli ...
's 1982 production at the
Barbican
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),
Brian Cox and
Fiona Shaw
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(
Jonathan Miller
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's 1987 RSC production),
Julie Taymor
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(directed a 1988 production at the Triplex Theatre in New York),
Germaine Greer
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Specializing in English and women's literatu ...
(feminist writer),
Jonathan Bate
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(Provost at
Worcester College, Oxford
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), Farah Karim-Cooper (Head of Education at Shakespeare's Globe), and Laura Maguire (Professor of English,
Magdalen College, Oxford
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). Footage is included from D.W. Griffith's 1908 film, Franco Zeffirelli's 1967 film,
Wilford Leach
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and
Raúl Juliá
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, Jonathan Miller's 1980 ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' production,
A. J. Antoon's 1990 Delacorte Theatre production (in which Freeman and Ullman appeared) and Toby Frow's 2012
Shakespeare's Globe
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production. Footage from Shakespeare's Globe depicts two different performances of the "I will be master of what is mine own" (3.2.231-235) speech; one delivered in an aggressive threatening manner, one in a bawdy sexual manner, directed by Adele Thomas and performed by
Eleanor Matsuura
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Early life
Matsuura was born in Tokyo and r ...
and
Anthony Howell.
''BBC Television Shakespeare'' (1980)
In 1980,
BBC2
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aired an
adaptation
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for their ''
BBC Television Shakespeare
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'' series, directed by Jonathan Miller and starring
Sarah Badel
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Badel was born in London to actor, Alan Badel and actress, Yvonne Owen. She was educ ...
and
John Cleese. The casting of Cleese as Petruchio was not without controversy at the time. He had never performed Shakespeare before, was not a fan of the first two seasons of the ''BBC Television Shakespeare'', and took some persuading from Miller that the BBC ''Shrew'' would not be, as he feared "about a lot of furniture being knocked over, a lot of wine being spilled, a lot of thighs being slapped and a lot of unmotivated laughter." Miller told Cleese that the episode would interpret Petruchio as an early
Puritan
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more concerned with attempting to show Kate how preposterous her behaviour is (showing her "an image of herself" as Miller put it
), rather than bullying her into submission, and so the part was not to be acted along the lines of the swaggering bully ''a la'' Richard Burton in Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation. According to Cleese, who consulted a
psychiatrist
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who specialised in treating "shrews",
Miller also researched how troublesome children were treated at the
Tavistock Clinic
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, where imitation is often used during therapy; "there are ways in which a skilful therapist will gently mock a child out of a tantrum by giving an amusing imitation of the tantrum immediately after it's happened. The child then has a mirror held up to it and is capable of seeing what it looks like to others." In his review of the adaptation for the ''
Financial Times
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'', Chris Dunkley referred to this issue, calling Cleese's Petruchio "an eccentrically pragmatic social worker using the wayward client's own doubtful habits to calm her down." Actress Sarah Badel had a similar conception of the psychology behind the production. She constructed an "imaginary biography" for Katherina, arguing "She's a woman of such passion
..a woman of such enormous capacity for love that the only way she could be happy is to find a man of equal capacity. Therefore she's mad for lack of love
..he feigns madness, she is teetering on the edge of it. Petruchio is the only man who shows her what she's like." In this reading of the play, the production was at least partially based on Miller's own 1972
Chichester Festival
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stage production starring
Joan Plowright
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and
Anthony Hopkins
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.
Miller was determined the production not become a farce, and in that vein, two keys texts were
Lawrence Stone
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's ''The Family, Sex and Marriage in England: 1500-1800'' and
Michael Walzer
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's ''The Revolution of the Saints'', which he used to help ground his interpretation in recognisably
Renaissance
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-esque societal terms; Petruchio's actions are based on accepted economic, social and religious views of the time, as are Baptista's.
In tandem with this interpretation, the song sung at the end of the play is a musical version of
Psalm 128
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In the slightly di ...
("Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord"), which was often sung in Puritan households at the end of a meal during Shakespeare's own day, and which praised a peaceful family life. Speaking of the addition of the psalm, Miller states "I had to give
he conclusionan explicitly religious format, so people could see it as not just simply the high-jinks of an intolerantly selfish man who was simply destroying a woman to satisfy his own vanity, but a sacramental view of the nature of marriage, whereby this couple had come to love each other by reconciling themselves to the demands of a society which saw obedience as a religious requirement." Along these lines, Miller was also insistent that to interpret the play in light of twentieth century feminism was a flawed approach; "what we think now is really quite beside the point. If everything is done in the light of what we think, it's a sort of historical egocentricity, which is quite intolerable." Diana E. Henderson was unimpressed with this approach, however, writing "it was the perfect production to usher in the
neo-conservative
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1980s" and "this BBC-TV museum piece unabashedly celebrates the order achieved through female submission."
In this adaptation, the induction and all subsequent references to Sly are absent. Speaking of the somewhat controversial decision to remove the induction, Miller wrote "I find
tterribly hard to do in any other format but the stage: it is a stage device, and it's frightfully hard to see it on television. It's a device that brings the audience into close identification with some person who is like them. It would be on television a little extra programme tagged on before the programme proper begins. On the stage, it's possible to make it work much better: it's a folk style which sits rather uncomfortably in this very twentieth-century medium of domestic viewing." Similarly, the ''BBC Shakespeare''s textual editor, David Snodin wrote
As with all of the episodes Jonathan Miller directed, he allowed the work of celebrated artisans to influence his design concepts. In the case of ''Shrew'', the street set was based on the work of architect
Sebastiano Serlio
Sebastiano Serlio (6 September 1475 – c. 1554) was an Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical orders of architecture in his influential treat ...
, as well as the
Teatro Olimpico
The Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585. The theatre was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after his death. The ...
, designed by
Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of th ...
. Baptista's living room was modelled closely on
Johannes Vermeer
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's ''
The Music Lesson
''The Music Lesson'', ''Woman Seated at a Virginal'' or ''A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman'' by Johannes Vermeer is a painting of a young female pupil receiving a music lesson from a man. The man's mouth is slightly agape giving the impr ...
''.
[For more information on this production, see and ]
List of screen adaptations
Direct adaptations
Cinema/video
*
''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1908); directed by
D. W. Griffith (USA)
* ''La bisbetica domata'' (1908); directed by
Azeglio Pineschi and
Lamberto Pineschi (Italy)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1911); filmed extract from the
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) (originally called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) is a grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakesp ...
directed by
F.R. Benson (UK)
* ''La mégère apprivoisée'' (1911); directed by
Henri Desfontaines (France)
* ''La bisbetica domata'' (1913); directed by
Arrigo Frusta Arrigo is an Italian given name. Derived from the latin form Arrigus, already used in Tuscany in the XI century, it was widely diffused during the Middle ages.
Given name
* Arrigo Barnabé (born 1951), Brazilian actor
* Arrigo Boito (1842–19 ...
(Italy)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1915); directed by
Arthur Backner (UK)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1923); directed by
Edwin J. Collins (UK)
*
''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1929); first sound adaptation; directed by
Sam Taylor (USA)
* ''Ukroshchenie stroptivoy'' (1961); directed by
Sergei Kolosov
Sergei Afanasyevich Kolosov (russian: Серге́й Афанасьевич Колосов; born May 22, 1986) is a Belarusian former ice hockey defenceman. He last played with Generals Kiev of the Ukrainian Hockey League. Kolosov was drafted b ...
(USSR)
*
''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967); directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, ...
(Italy/USA)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1983); straight-to-video film directed by
John Allison (USA)
Television
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1950); ''
Westinghouse Studio One
''Studio One'' is an American anthology drama television series that was adapted from a radio series. It was created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. It premiered on November 7, 1948 and ended on Septem ...
'' adaptation; directed by
Paul Nickell (
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
; USA)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1952); ''
Sunday Night Theatre
''Sunday Night Theatre'' was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959.
The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, pa ...
'' adaptation; directed by
Desmond Davis
Desmond Stanley Tracey Davis (24 May 1926 – 3 July 2021) was a British film and television director, best known for his 1981 version of '' Clash of the Titans''.
Early life and career
Desmond Davis joined the British Army film unit serving a ...
(
BBC Television Service; UK)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1956); ''
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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'' adaptation; directed by
George Schaefer (
NBC
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; USA)
* ''Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung'' (1958); made-for-TV film; directed by
Ludwig Berger (
Das Erste
Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that are member ...
; West Germany)
* ''Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung'' (1962); TV broadcast of a 1961 stage production from the
Residenztheater
The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration whic ...
; directed by
Heinz Hilpert
Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich.
Selected filmography
Actor
* '' Nameless Heroes'' (1925)
* '' Prinz Louis Ferdi ...
(Das Erste; West Germany)
* ''La mégère apprivoisée'' (1964); made-for-TV film; directed by
Pierre Badel (
TF1; France)
* ''Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung'' (1971); TV broadcast of a stage production from the
Residenztheater
The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration whic ...
; directed by
Otto Schenk
Otto Schenk (born 12 June 1930, in Vienna) is an Austrian actor, and theater and opera director.
Life and career
Schenk was born to Catholic parents. His father, a lawyer, had Jewish roots and therefore lost his job after the Anschluss in 1938. ...
(Das Erste; West Germany)
* ''Poskromienie złośnicy'' (1971); made-for-TV film; directed by
Zygmunt Hübner
Zygmunt Hübner (23 March 1930 – 12 January 1989) was a Polish actor, stage director, and director of the National Old Theatre in Kraków (1963-69). He appeared in more than 20 films between 1958 and 1988.
Selected filmography
* ''Samson' ...
(
TVP1
TVP1 (TVP Jeden, ''Program I Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Jedynka"'') is the main public television channel of TVP (Telewizja Polska S.A.), Poland's national television broadcaster. It was the first Polish channel to be broadcast and remains one ...
; Poland)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1973); TV broadcast of a stage production from the
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...
; directed by
Robin Lovejoy
Robin Casper Lovejoy, OBE (17 December 1924 – 14 December 1985) was an Australian director, actor, and designer best known for his work on television and in theatre. He was one of Australia's leading theatre directors of the 1960s and 197 ...
(
ABC Television ABC Television most commonly refers to:
*ABC Television Network of the American Broadcasting Company, United States, or
*ABC Television (Australian TV network), a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia
ABC Television or ABC ...
; Australia)
* ''De getemde feeks'' (1975); TV broadcast of a stage production from the
Royal Flemish Theatre; directed by
Senne Rouffaer
Félicien P. I. (Senne) Rouffaer (19 December 1925 – 14 July 2006) was a Flemish actor and film director. One of his most successful films as a lead actor was ''The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short''. On television, he was chiefly known for his ...
; directed for television by
Robert Lussac
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
(
Eén
Eén (stylized as één; en, "one") is a public Dutch-language TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT, which also owns Ketnet, Canvas and several radio stations. Although the channel is commercial-free, short sponsorship messages are broadca ...
; Netherlands)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1976); TV broadcast of an
American Conservatory Theater
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History
The Ameri ...
production, aired on the ''
Great Performances
''Great Performances'' is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise theatrical performances such as plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries. It is pr ...
'' series; directed by
William Ball; directed for TV by
Kirk Browning
Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of '' Live from Lincoln Center''.
Born in New York City, Browning drop ...
(
PBS
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; USA)
*
''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1980); ''
BBC Television Shakespeare
The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'' adaptation; directed by
Jonathan Miller
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1 ...
(
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
; UK)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1982); TV broadcast of a stage production from the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival; directed by
Peter Dews; directed for television by
Norman Campbell (
CBLT-DT
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; Canada)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1989); TV broadcast of a stage production from the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival; directed by
Richard Monette
Richard Jean Monette CM, DHum, LLD (June 19, 1944 – September 9, 2008), was a Canadian actor and director, best known for his 14-season tenure as the longest-serving artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.
Ear ...
; directed for television by
Norman Campbell (CBLT-DT; Canada)
* ''Poskromienie złośnicy'' (1990); made-for-TV film; directed by
Michał Kwieciński Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to:
* Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician
* Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player
* Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel
* Michał Heller ...
(TVP1; Poland)
* ''De getemde feeks'' (1991); TV broadcast of a 1986 stage production from the
Theater Malpertuis; directed by
Dirk Tanghe; directed for television by
Berend Boudewijn A Dutch masculine given name and Low German surname that is a form of the Germanic Bernard (Bernhard). The name Bernhard means "Strong bear" or "Strong as a bear" (from Old German bero, "bear", and harti, "strong"). It is related to the Scandinavian ...
(
Nederland 1
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; Netherlands)
* ''Poskromienie złośnicy'' (1993); TV broadcast of a stage production from the
National Theatre, Warsaw
The National Theatre () in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre complex at the Theatre Square in Warsaw with anothe ...
; directed by
Jerzy Stuhr
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; directed for television by
Stanisław Zajączkowski (TVP1; Poland)
*
"The Taming of the Shrew" (1994); ''
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'' adaptation; directed by
Aida Ziablikova (BBC 2; Russia/UK)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (2016); TV/cinema broadcast of a stage production from the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival filmed as part of ''
CBC Presents the Stratford Festival''; directed by
Chris Abraham; directed for television by
Barry Avrich
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(
CBLT-DT
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; Canada)
Other adaptations
Cinema/video
* ''Taming Mrs. Shrew'' (1912); relocates the story to modern day Los Angeles; director unknown (USA)
* ''The Taming of the Shrewd'' (1912); relocates the story to modern day Los Angeles; directed by
Harry A. Pollard
Harry A. Pollard (23 January 1879 – 6 July 1934) was an American silent film actor and director. His wife was silent screen star Margarita Fischer.
Biography
Harry A. Pollard was born in Republic, Kansas, and began his career on the stage. In ...
(USA)
* ''The Iron Strain'' (1915; released in the UK in 1917 as ''The Modern Taming of the Shrew''); relocates the story to modern day New York; directed by
Reginald Barker
Reginald C. Barker (April 2, 1886 – February 23, 1945) was a pioneer film director.
Biography
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Barker's family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, ...
(USA)
* ''Impossible Catherine'' (1919); relocates the story to modern day Yale University; directed by
John B. O'Brien
John B. "Jack" O'Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926.
Biography
O' ...
(USA)
* ''
Daring Youth
''Daring Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Beaudine, starring Bebe Daniels, Norman Kerry, and Lee Moran. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''.
Plot
As described in a ...
'' (1924); when an unhappily married woman successfully exerts her independence from her husband, her daughter attempts to follow suit; directed by
William Beaudine
William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.
Life and car ...
(USA)
* ''The Framing of the Shrew'' (1929); a man tries to tame his domineering wife; directed by
Arvid E. Gillstrom (USA)
* ''
Elstree Calling
''Elstree Calling'' is a 1930 British comedy musical film directed by Adrian Brunel and Alfred Hitchcock at Elstree Studios.
Synopsis
The film, referred to as "A Cine-Radio Revue" in its original publicity, is a lavish musical film revue and ...
'' (1930);
revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own dur ...
-style series of comedy sketches which includes the wedding scene from ''The Taming of the Shrew''; sketch directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
(UK)
* ''
You Made Me Love You'' (1933); modern update of the story; directed by
Monty Banks
Montague (Monty) Banks (18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950), born Mario Bianchi, was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the UK and the United States.
Career
Banks was born Mario ...
(UK)
* ''
Second Best Bed
''Second Best Bed'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Jane Baxter and Veronica Rose. The screenplay is by Ben Travers, based on an earlier story of his. Walls and Travers had worked together on the Aldwyc ...
'' (1938); modern update of the story; directed by
Tom Walls
Thomas Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adapt ...
(UK)
* ''La bisbetica domata'' (1942); relocates the story to modern day Rome; directed by
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
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(Italy)
* ''Makacs Kata'' (1943); relocates the story to modern day Hungary; directed by
Viktor Bánky
Viktor Bánky (17 January 1899 – 13 March 1967) was a Hungarian film editor and director.
Selected filmography
Editor
* '' A Night in Venice'' (1934)
* '' Where the Lark Sings'' (1936)
* '' Fräulein Veronika'' (1936)
* '' Sein letztes Modell' ...
(Hungary)
* ''A makrancos hölgy'' (1943); musical adaptation in modern-day Hungary; directed by
Emil Martonffy
Emil Martonffy (1904–1983) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' It Happened in March'' (1934)
* '' Thanks for Knocking Me Down'' (1935)
* '' The Wise Mother'' (1935)
* '' Pogányok'' (1937)
* '' R ...
(Hungary)
* ''
Enamorada'' (1946); set during the
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
; directed by
Emilio Fernández
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 October 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best kn ...
(Mexico)
* ''Cartas marcadas'' (1948); relocates the story to modern day Mexico; directed by
René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Biography
René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on Oc ...
(Mexico)
* ''
Kiss Me Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-sta ...
'' (1953); adaptation of
Cole Porter's
1948 musical; directed by
George Sidney
George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgro ...
(USA)
* ''La fierecilla domada'' (1956); musical set in modern-day Spain; directed by
Antonio Román
Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with doc ...
(Spain)
* ''
Abba Aa Hudugi
''Abba Aa Hudugi'' () is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed and produced by H. L. N. Sinha based on his own play of the same name. It stars Rajashankar in his debut role, Rajkumar in an extended cameo along with Narasimhara ...
'' (1959);
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
language film, directed by H.L.N. Simha (India)
* ''Ah min hawaa'' (1962); relocates the story to modern Egypt; directed by
Fatin Abdel Wahab
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(Egypt)
* ''
Gundamma Katha
''Gundamma Katha'' () is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao and co-produced by Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani under their banner Vijaya Productions. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, S ...
'' (1962); certain aspects of the play set in contemporary set in India; directed by
Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Kamalakara Kameswara Rao (14 October 1911 – 29 June 1998) was an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and a few Tamil and Hindi films. Widely known as ''Pauranika Chitra Brahma'' (), Kameswara Rao directed f ...
(India)
* ''
Manithan Maravillai'' (1962);
Tamil language
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remake of ''Gundamma Katha'', directed by
Aluri Chakrapani
Chakrapani (born Aluri Venkata Subbarao; 5 August 1908 – 24 September 1975) was an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He won two Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. He was also n ...
(India)
* ''
McLintock!
:''See also McClintock (disambiguation)''
''McLintock!'' is a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film co-stars Wayne's son Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kru ...
'' (1963); relocates the story to the American Old West; directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
Andrew Victor McLaglen (July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014) was a British-born American film and television director, known for
Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart.
According to one obituary "His career ...
(USA)
* ''
Arivaali'' (1963); relocates the story to a South Indian Tamil village; directed by
A. T. Krishnaswami (India)
* ''
Pattikada Pattanama
''Pattikada Pattanama'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. The film deals with Kalpana, an urban woman who m ...
'' (1972); a rich man marries a foreign-educated woman; directed by
P. Madhavan (India)
* ''
Il Bisbetico Domato
''Il Bisbetico Domato'' (literally "The Ill-Tempered Man Tamed"; English: ''The Taming of the Scoundrel'') is a 1980 Italian film directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia, credited as Castellano & Pipolo. The plot is loosely inspired by ...
'' (1980); relocates the play to modern day Italy and reverses the gender paradigm; directed by
Franco Castellano
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and
Giuseppe Moccia
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(Italy)
* ''
Nanjundi Kalyana
''Nanjundi Kalyana'' () is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film, directed by M. S. Rajashekar, starring newcomers Raghavendra Rajkumar and Malashri, with Girija Lokesh and Sundar Krishna Urs as the lead cast. The film was a major ...
'' (1989);
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
language film, directed by M. S. Rajashekar (India)
* ''The Taming of the Screw'' (1997); pornographic adaptation; directed by
Jim Powers
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(USA)
* ''
10 Things I Hate About You
''10 Things I Hate About You'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirs ...
'' (1999); teen comedy; directed by
Gil Junger
Gil Junger (born November 7, 1954) is an American director, most famous for '' 10 Things I Hate About You'', his directorial film debut. He is a 1972 graduate of the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York.
Filmography Film
Television
...
(USA)
* ''
Deliver Us from Eva
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'' (2003); loose modern update; directed by
Gary Hardwick (USA)
* ''Kate – La bisbetica domata'' (2004); animated adaptation; directed by
Roberto Lione (Italy)
* ''
Nalnari jongbujeon'' (2008); relocates the story to modern day South Korea; directed by
Won-kuk Lim (South Korea)
* ''
Isi Life Mein...!'' (2010); loose modern update of the story set in India; directed by
Vidhi Kasliwal
Vidhi Kasliwal is an Indian film director and producer, who is the founder and CEO of Landmarc Films.
She has worked for Rajshri Productions, where she wrote and produced documentaries, and worked as an assistant to directors Sooraj R. Bar ...
(India)
Television
* ''Katharine and Petruchio'' (1939); TV adaptation of
David Garrick's ''
Catharine and Petruchio''; directed by
Dallas Bower
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(
BBC Television Service; UK)
* "The Taming of the Shrew" (1950); episode of the children's TV show ''
Mr. I. Magination'' in which a conductor on the train to Imagination Land teaches a young boy about Shakespeare (
CBS
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; USA)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1954); ''
NBC Television Opera Theatre'' presentation of
Vittorio Giannini
Vittorio Giannini (October 19, 1903 – November 28, 1966) was an American neoromantic composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works.
Life and work
Giannini was born in Philadelphia on October 19, 1903. He began as a violinist under the t ...
and
Dorothy Fee's operatic version of the play; directed by
John Bloch (
NBC
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; USA)
* ''The Tamer Tamed'' (1956); made-for-TV pseudo-sequel to the play; written by
Elaine Morgan
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; directed by
Anthony Pelissier
Harry Anthony Compton Pelissier (27 July 1912 – 2 April 1988) was an English actor, screenwriter, producer and director.
Biography
Pelissier was born in Barnet and came from a theatrical family. His parents were the theatre producer H. G. ...
(BBC Television Service; UK)
* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1958); ''
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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'' adaptation of
Cole Porter's ''
Kiss Me, Kate
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''; directed by
George Schaefer (NBC; USA)
* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1964); made-for-TV film directed by
David Askey
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(
BBC2
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; UK)
* ''A Indomável'' (1965); made-for-TV adaptation of the Ivani Ribeiro novel of the same name, directed by Wálter Avancini (
Rede Excelsior
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; Brazil)
*
Bonanza
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(1965) The episode "Woman of Fire" is inspired by the play
* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1968); made-for-TV film directed by
Paul Bogart
Paul Bogart (né Bogoff; November 13, 1919 – April 15, 2012) was an American television director and producer. Bogart directed episodes of the television series Way Out'' in 1961, ''Coronet Blue'' in 1967, ''Get Smart'', '' The Dumplings'' ...
(
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
; USA)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1972); live broadcast from the
Staatsoper Stuttgart
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History
Performances of operas, ballet and ...
of
John Cranko
John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet.
Life and career
Early life
Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Tran ...
's 1968
ballet
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adaptation of the play; directed by
Bernard Kontarsky (BBC2; UK)
*
O Machão' (1974-1975); Brazilian TV
soap opera
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based on the play and ''A Indomável'' (1965), created by Ivani Ribeiro, Sérgio Jockyman, and Dárcio Ferreira (
Rede Tupi
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; Brazil)
* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1975); made-for-TV film; directed by
Nico Knapper (
Nederland 1
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; Netherlands)
* ''Kiss Me, Petruchio'' (1979); documentary about the production of
Wilford Leach
Carson Wilford Leach (August 26, 1929 – June 18, 1988) was a Tony Award-winning American theatre director, set designer, film director, screenwriter, and professor.
Biography
Leach was born in Petersburg, Virginia,[Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater is a 1,800-seat open-air theater in Central Park, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is home to the Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park productions.
Over five million people have attended more than 15 ...]
production for the
New York Shakespeare Festival
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; directed by
Christopher Dixon (BBC2; UK/USA)
* ''Shakespeare Lives!'' (1983); workshop documentary presented by
Michael Bogdanov
Michael Bogdanov (15 December 1938 – 16 April 2017) was a British theatre director known for his work with new plays, modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare, musicals and work for young people.
Early years
Bogdanov was born Michael Bogd ...
at the
Roundhouse Theatre
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examining if the play is
misogynistic
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; directed by
Mary McMurray; (
Channel 4
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; UK)
* "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986); episode of the TV show ''
Moonlighting
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'' presented as a parody of the play; directed by
Will Mackenzie
Will Mackenzie (born July 24, 1938) is an American television director and actor.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1965 in the original production of the musica ...
(ABC; USA)
*
La Fiera' (1999); Chilean TV
soap opera
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based on the themes of the play; written by
Victor Carrasco (
TVN TVN may refer to:
* TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel
* Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster
* TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi
* TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...
); Chile
* ''
O Cravo e a Rosa
''O Cravo e a Rosa'' ( en, The Thorn and the Rose) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 26 June 2000 and ran until 10 March 2001. It is based on the Shakespearean comedy ''The Taming of the Shrew''.
Plot
...
'' (2000-2001); TV
soap opera
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based on the themes of the play; created by
Walcyr Carrasco
Walcyr Carrasco (born December 1, 1951) is a Brazilian author, film writer and television writer.
Career
Walcyr Rodrigues Carrasco was born on December 2, 1951, in Bernardino de Campos, São Paulo. Writer, playwright and screenwriter, began his ...
(
Rede Globo
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; Brazil)
* "Tame Me, I'm the Shrew" (2002); episode of the TV show ''
One on One'' featuring a performance of the play; directed by
Dana De Vally Piazza (
UPN
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; USA)
* "Shrew's the Boss" (2003); episode of ''
The Anna Nicole Show
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'' in which
Anna Nicole Smith performs a scene from the play (
E!; USA)
* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (2003); TV broadcast of a 1999 production from the
Victoria Palace Theatre
The Victoria Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, opposite Victoria Station. The structure is categorised as a Grade II* listed building.
History Origins
The theatre began life as a small conc ...
; screened as part of the ''
Great Performances
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'' series; directed by
Michael Blakemore
Michael Howell Blakemore OBE, AO (born 18 June 1928) is an Australian actor, writer and theatre director who has also made a handful of films. A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to win T ...
(USA)
* "The Taming of the Shrew" (2005); ''
ShakespeaRe-Told
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'' adaptation; written by
Sally Wainwright
Sally Anne Wainwright (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director from Yorkshire. Early in her career, Wainwright worked as a playwright, and as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama ''The Archers''. In t ...
; directed by
Dave Richards
Sir David Gerald Richards (born 3 October 1943) was the chairman of the FA Premier League, member of the Football Association's (FA) Board, chairman of the FA's international committee, president of the European Professional Football Leagues o ...
(BBC One; UK)
* ''
10 Things I Hate About You'' (2009-2010); TV series based on the
1999 film; created by
Carter Covington
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(
ABC Family
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; USA)
* "My Shakespeare: Morgan Freeman" (2014); episode of ''My Shakespeare'' presented by
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received ...
looking at the textual and performance history of the play; directed by
Richard Denton (
Sky Arts
Sky Arts (originally launched as Artsworld) is a British free-to-air television channel offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera perfor ...
; UK)
References
External links
* (Sam Taylor's 1929 version)
* (Franco Zeffirelli's 1967 version).
* (''BBC Television Shakespeare''s 1980 version).
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