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 Shrew" and "A Knack to Know a Knave" as supporting a date of composition prior to June 1592. Stephen Roy Miller, in his 1998 edition of "A Shrew" for the New Cambridge Shakespeare, agrees with the date of late 1591/early 1592, as he believes "The Shrew" preceded "A Shrew" (although he rejects the reported text theory in favour of an adaptation/rewrite theory). Keir Elam, however, has argued for a "terminus post quem" of 1591 for "The Shrew", based on Shakespeare's probable use of two sources published that year; Abraham Ortelius' map of Italy in the fourth edition of "Theatrum Orbis