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 Oxford Shakespeare edition of "2 Henry VI", Roger Warren makes the same argument for "The First Part of the Contention". Randall Martin reaches the same conclusion regarding "The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of Yorke" in his 2001 Oxford Shakespeare edition of "3 Henry VI". This lends support to the theory that "A Shrew" could be both a reported text and an early draft. "The Taming of the Shrew" has been the subject of critical controversy. Dana Aspinall writes "Since its first appearance, some time between 1588 and 1594, "Shrew" has elicited a panoply of heartily supportive, ethically uneasy, or