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 "Edward II" (published in quarto in July 1593), and Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" (published in quarto in 1594), "The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York" (published in octavo in 1595) and "The Taming of a Shrew" (published in quarto in May 1594). Oliver says it is a "natural assumption" that these publications were sold by members of Pembroke's Men who were broke after the failed tour. Oliver assumes that "A Shrew" is a reported version of "The Shrew", which means "The Shrew" must have been in their possession when they began their tour in June, as they didn't perform it