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The Taming of the Shrew

This adaptation and simplification is designed to tell a delicious love story with the charm and beauty of the original.

  • One Act
  • Comedy
  • 40 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary
Petruchio decides that Kate, the beautiful girl with the awful temper, will make a wonderful wife once she's tamed. Kate wants nothing to do with any suitor. The stormy courting -- through the final taming of the shrew -- is one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable stories.

This adaptation and simplification is designed to tell a delicious love story with the charm and beauty of the original. 

  • Casting: 5M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

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Petruchio decides that Kate, the beautiful girl with the awful temper, will make a wonderful wife once she's tamed. Kate wants nothing to do with any suitor. The stormy courting'through the final taming of the shrew'is one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable stories. This adaptation and simplification is designed to tell a delicious love story with the charm and beauty of the original. Bare stage w/props.

$19.95