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 names of Tranio and Grumio. Efforts to establish the play's date of composition are complicated by its uncertain relationship with another Elizabethan play with an almost identical plot but different wording and character names, "A Pleasant Conceited Historie, called the taming of a Shrew". "The Shrew"s exact relationship with "A Shrew" is unknown. Different theories suggest "A Shrew" could be a reported text of a performance of "The Shrew", a source for "The Shrew", an early draft (possibly reported) of "The Shrew", or an adaptation of "The Shrew". "A Shrew" was entered in the Stationers' Register on 2 May 1594,