The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, probably penned in 1594.

Derivations

A number of later works have been derived from The Taming of the Shrew, including the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate; the Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari opera Sly; the 1999 motion picture 10 Things I Hate About You; and the 2000 Brazilian soap opera O Cravo e a Rosa (http://dirce.globo.com/Dirce/canal/0,6993,IP620-700,00.html).

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Cole Porter - Musical - Kiss Me, Kate - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Opera - 10 Things I Hate About You - Brazilian - Soap opera - O Cravo e a Rosa

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The television series Moonlighting also produced one episode ("Atomic Shakespeare") which recast the show's main characters in a comedic parody of The Taming of the Shrew.

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Shakespeare's contemporary John Fletcher wrote a comedic sequel titled The Tamer Tamed in 1611, just 20 years after Shakespeare wrote the original. It is said Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention, and it seems to have worked — the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays (Fletcher wrote about 42 plays in his life, 21 of which were collaborations with other known dramatists). The play was resurrected in 2004 by the Royal Shakespeare Company after centuries of obscurity.

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John Fletcher - The Tamer Tamed - 2004 - Royal Shakespeare Company

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