The Taming of the Shrew

• 6.9 Comedy
• 1967-03-08
• 117 minutes mins

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

Starring:

Elizabeth Taylor (Katharina) Richard Burton (Petruchio) Natasha Pyne (Bianca) Michael York (Lucentio) Cyril Cusack (Grumio) Michael Hordern (Baptista) Alfred Lynch (Tranio) Alan Webb (Gremio) Victor Spinetti (Hortensio) Roy Holder (Biondello)

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Writer:

Suso Cecchi d'Amico Paul Dehn Franco Zeffirelli