 Another overture inspired by the play is Alfred Reynolds' "The Taming of the Shrew Overture" (1927).Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's verismo opera "Sly, ovvero la leggenda del dormiente risvegliato" (1927) focuses on the Induction, with libretto by Giovacchino Forzano.A tragedy, the opera depicts Sly as a hard-drinking and debt-ridden poet who sings in a London pub.