What is The Taming of the Shrew?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Taming of the Shrew.jpg|thumb|Cap and gown scene (''Illustrated London News'', 3 November 1886)]] '''''The Taming of the Shrew''''' is a [[Play (theatre)|play]] by [[William Shakespeare]]. It is a [[comedy]]. Shakespeare's source was ''[[Suppositi]]'' (1509) by [[Ludovico Ariosto]]. [[George Gascoigne]]'s play ''[[Supposes]]'' (1566) may have also been used. The play was probably first acted between 1593 and was first printed in 1623 in the [[First Folio]]. The [[musical]], ''[[Kiss Me Kate]]'', was based on the play. [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Richard Burton]] made a [[movie]] of the play.<ref>[http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-the-taming-of-the-shrew.htm ''The Taming of the Shrew'']</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{William Shakespeare|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taming of the Shrew, The}} [[Category:Plays by William Shakespeare]] [[Category:1590s plays]] {{lit-stub}}