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 and Giulio Macchi, which premiered at the Teatro Lirico. Ruperto Chapí's "Las bravías" (1896), with a libretto by José López Silva and Carlos Fernández Shaw, is a one-act "género chico" "zarzuela" clearly based on the story, but with names changed and the location altered to Madrid: it was a major success in Spain, with over 200 performances in 1896 alone, and continues to be performed regularly. Johan Wagenaar's "De getemde feeks" (1909) is the second of three overtures Wagenaar wrote based on Shakespeare, the others being "Koning Jan" (1891) and "Driekoningenavond" (1928). Another overture inspired by the play is Alfred