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The Taming of the Shrew

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William Shakespeare’s wonderful story of how love changes a person—or does it? A humorous adaptation of one of the Bard’s funniest comedies about the shrewish Kate and her egotistical husband, Petruccio. A great way to learn and enjoy Shakespeare. Suggested cast of 10-15 members.

By William Shakespeare

Adapted by Carmella Gates

Setting: Padua, Italy in the late 1500’s

Cast of Characters:

Kate, the shrew

Bianca, Kate’s lovely sister

Baptista Minola, their father

Petruccio, Kate’s soon-to-be husband

Lucentio, Bianca’s suitor

Kate’s first suitor

Kate’s second suitor

Priest

Tranio, Lucentio’s servant

Mother Minola, Baptista’s wife

Grumio, Petruccio’s servant

Tailor

Narrator

William Shakespeare’s wonderful story of how love changes a person—or does it? A humorous adaptation of one of the Bard’s funniest comedies about the shrewish Kate and her egotistical husband, Petruccio. A great way to learn and enjoy Shakespeare. Suggested cast of 10-15 members.

By William Shakespeare

Adapted by Carmella Gates

Setting: Padua, Italy in the late 1500’s

Cast of Characters:

Kate, the shrew

Bianca, Kate’s lovely sister

Baptista Minola, their father

Petruccio, Kate’s soon-to-be husband

Lucentio, Bianca’s suitor

Kate’s first suitor

Kate’s second suitor

Priest

Tranio, Lucentio’s servant

Mother Minola, Baptista’s wife

Grumio, Petruccio’s servant

Tailor

Narrator

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Scene 3

Setting: same

Narrator: A week goes by. Lucentio has tutored Bianca every day.

Her math skills have not improved, but their feelings for each other have increased considerably.

CURTAIN OPENS: Lucentio and Bianca are sitting on the bench, as before.

Lucentio: I must confess, Bianca. I have fallen in love with you.

Bianca: And I have fallen with love with you, Lucentio, but we have one little problem.

Lucentio: I want to marry you, dear Bianca. How can there be a problem?

Bianca: It is my older sister, Kate. Father says I cannot marry until Kate marries.

Lucentio: That does not matter. I would wait for you until the end of time!

Bianca: Well, you may have to…

There is a knock at the door. Kate enters stage right, crosses the stage and opens the door on stage left.

Kate: What do you want?

First Suitor: Kate, you are so lovely! Will you marry me?

Kate: Yeh, right! Are you crazy? Goodbye!

Kate slams the door and leaves, stage left. Then there is a knock on the stage right door. Kate reenters stage left, crosses the stage, and answers the stage right door.

Kate: Who are you?

Second suitor: My darling Kate, I want…I want…

Kate: Spit it out!

Second Suitor: I want to marry you! Please take this gift.

Kate takes the jewelry he offers her and looks it over. Then she throws it back at him.

Kate: Nice bling-bling. But you can’t buy me! Get out of here!

Kate slams the door and leaves stage right.

Lucentio: I think I am beginning to understand the problem.

CURTAIN CLOSES