The Taming of the Shrew in performance reviewers as being extremely physical. Lunt and Fontanne were the most famous celebrity couple of the time, and their backstage fights were rumoured to be just as ferocious as their on-stage performances. So legendary did the tempestuous reputation of the couple become that Cole Porter's 1948 musical "Kiss Me, Kate", about a fiery couple attempting to stage an adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew", was based on their real-life antics. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the play has been frequently staged all over the world. Some notable productions include: "The Shrew"s popularity on stage has continued
The Taming of the Shrew play, introducing the Litio disguise, and giving some of Hortensio's discarded lines to Tranio, but not fully correcting everything to fit the presence of a new suitor. This is important in Duthie's theory of an "Ur-Shrew" insofar as he argues it is the original version of "The Shrew" upon which "A Shrew" is based, not the version which appears in the 1623 "First Folio". As Oliver argues, ""A Shrew" is a report of an earlier, Shakespearian, form of "The Shrew" in which Hortensio was not disguised as Litio." Oliver suggests that when Pembroke's Men left London in June 1592, they