The Taming of the Shrew
7.8
126 minutes
10/23/1980
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.
Cast List
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