The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

126 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie | Oct. 23, 1980

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.

The Taming of the Shrew

126 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie | Oct. 23, 1980

The Taming of the Shrew
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
Original title The Taming of the Shrew
Directors Jonathan Miller
Writers

Cast

Simon Chandler

as Lucentio

Anthony Pedley

as Tranio

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

Harry Waters

as Biondello

David Kincaid

as Grumio

Bev Willis

as Baptista's Servant

Angus Lennie

as Curtis

Harry Webster

as Nathaniel

Gil Morris

as Philip

Leslie Sarony

as Gregory

Derek Deadman

as Nicholas

Denis Gilmore

as Peter

John Bird

as Pedant

Alan Hay

as Tailor

David Kinsey

as Haberdasher

John Barron

as Vincentio

Tony Martelli

as Officer