The Taming of the Shrew as keeping her from eating and drinking, until she becomes a desirable, compliant, and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's younger sister, Bianca, who is seen as the "ideal" woman. The question of whether the play is misogynistic or not has become the subject of considerable controversy, particularly among modern scholars, audiences, and readers. "The Taming of the Shrew" has been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, ballet, and musical theatre; perhaps the most famous adaptations being Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate" and the 1967 film of the play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and
The Taming of the Shrew H.J. Oliver suggests, there are "passages in ["A Shrew"] [...] that make sense only if one knows the [Follio] version from which they must have been derived." The debate regarding the relationship between the two plays began in 1725, when Alexander Pope incorporated extracts from "A Shrew" into "The Shrew" in his edition of Shakespeare's works. In "The Shrew", the Christopher Sly framework is only featured twice; at the opening of the play, and at the end of Act 1, Scene 1. However, in "A Shrew", the Sly framework reappears a further five times, including a scene which comes after