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 of life and humour that we find it now." Hickson is here arguing that Marlowe's "A Shrew" is not based upon the version of "The Shrew" found in the "First Folio", but on another version of the play. Duthie argues this other version was a Shakespearean early draft of "The Shrew"; "A Shrew" constitutes a reported text of a now lost early draft. Alexander returned to the debate in 1969, re-presenting his bad quarto theory. In particular, he concentrated on the various complications and inconsistencies in the subplot of "A Shrew", which had been used by Houk and Duthie as