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The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
Directed by Jonathan Miller
Overview
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.
Length 126 minutes
Actors
John Cleese | Susan Penhaligon | Derek Deadman | Joan Hickson | Simon Chandler | John Franklyn-Robbins | Anthony Pedley | Bev Willis | Jonathan Cecil | John Barron | Sarah Badel | Angus Lennie | Frank Thornton | Denis Gilmore | John Bird | Harry Webster | Harry Waters | David Kincaid | Leslie Sarony | Alan Hay | Tony Martelli | David Kinsey | Gil Morris