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2. Katherina (Kate) Minola - Wikipedia

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   Katherina (Kate) Minola is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.Referred to in the play as the titular "shrew" and the "ingenue", the play focuses on Katherina's taming by Petruchio into a more conventional role of a good wife.

3. The Taming of the Shrew - Wikipedia

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   The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, [a] in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself.

4. Kiss Me, Kate - Wikipedia

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   Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi.

5. Kiss Me Kate (film) - Wikipedia

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   Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. [notes 1]Inspired by William Shakespeare's play 'The Taming of the Shrew', it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of ...

6. Bianca Minola - Wikipedia

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   In the musical adaptation Kiss Me, Kate, The Taming of the Shrew is a play-within-the-play, and Bianca is played by an actress called Lois Lane. In the 1953 film version Bianca/Lois is played by Ann Miller.

7. Petruchio - Wikipedia

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   Petruchio proposes a contest to see which man has the most obedient wife: The three men are to call for their wives to see which ones respond. Of the three women, only Kate comes, and a triumphant Petruchio is the winner. Petruchio then orders Kate to bring the other wives and give a speech telling them to honour their husbands always.

8. Shrew (stock character) - Wikipedia

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   The Taming of the Shrew, by C. R. Leslie. The shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding, nagging, and aggression [1] – is a comedic, stock character in literature and folklore, both Western and Eastern. [2] The theme is illustrated in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.

9. Katherina - Wikipedia

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   Katherine Hadford; Susanne Langer; In literature: Katherina Minola, primary character in the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew. See also. Catherina ...