The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
Release: 1980-10-23
·Runtime: 126m
·★ 7.8
Drama
Comedy
Romance
TV Movie
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Time-Life Television Productions
BBC
Cast
Simon Chandler
as Lucentio
John Franklyn-Robbins
as Baptista
Frank Thornton
as Gremio
Sarah Badel
as Katherine
Jonathan Cecil
as Hortensio
John Cleese
as Petruchio
Joan Hickson
as Widow
Susan Penhaligon
as Bianca
Angus Lennie
as Curtis
Leslie Sarony
as Gregory
Derek Deadman
as Nicholas
John Bird
as Pedant
John Barron
as Vincentio
