A 1594 version changing an article in the title of this play with uncertain origin brings back the central character of the introduction for many interruptions and a final scene. Possibly inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's I supposito or by a ballad entitled A Merry Jest, which features torture as a primary method to subdue a "curst" wife, the plot follows a family in Padua with two strikingly different daughters and suitors ranging from old Gremio to Hortensio, who leaves to marry a widow. FTP, name this Shakespeare play, in which Christopher Sly watches as Petruchio performs the title action on Bianca's sister, Katherina.          |
A 1594 version changing an article in the title of this play with uncertain origin brings back the central character of the introduction for many interruptions and a final scene. Possibly inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's I supposito or by a ballad entitled A Merry Jest, which features torture as a primary method to subdue a "curst" wife, the plot follows a family in Padua with two strikingly different daughters and suitors ranging from old Gremio to Hortensio, who leaves to marry a widow. FTP, name this Shakespeare play, in which Christopher Sly watches as Petruchio performs the title action on Bianca's sister, Katherina.          |
A 1594 version changing an article in the title of this play with uncertain origin brings back the central character of the introduction for many interruptions and a final scene.
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