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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
Simon Chandler | Anthony Pedley | John Franklyn-Robbins | Frank Thornton | Sarah Badel | Jonathan Cecil | John Cleese | Joan Hickson | Susan Penhaligon | Harry Waters | David Kincaid | Bev Willis | Angus Lennie | Harry Webster | Gil Morris | Leslie Sarony | Derek Deadman | Denis Gilmore | John Bird | Alan Hay | David Kinsey | John Barron | Tony Martelli