The Taming of the Shrew steps forward and speaks directly to the audience as herself; "Well, I must own, it wounds me to the Heart/To play, unwomanly, so mean a Part./What – to submit, so tamely – so contented,/Thank Heav'n! I'm not the Thing I represented." Cole Porter's musical "Kiss Me, Kate" is an adaptation of "Taming of the Shrew". The music and lyrics are by Porter and the book is by Samuel and Bella Spewack. It is at least partially based on the 1935/1936 Theatre Guild production of "Taming of the Shrew", which starred husband and wife Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, whose backstage
The Taming of the Shrew in performance He reveals he is not dead, and, impressed with the ruse, Maria decides to end her "taming". The play ends with them agreeing to live a life of mutual respect. When the two plays were performed at court in November 1633, Master of the Revels Henry Herbert recorded "Shrew" was "likt" but "Tamer Tamed" was "very well likt". During the 1660s, "Shrew" was adapted by John Lacy as "Sauny the Scot", to make it better match with Fletcher's sequel. Originally performed under the "Taming of the Shrew" title, the play was published in 1698 as "Sauny the Scot: or, The