Though he pretends to be a music teacher to get close to Baptista's younger daughter Hortensio becomes disenchanted with the situation and settles on a young Paduan Widow.
The subplot, taken from Ariosto's The Counterfeits, which involves a transformation into the character Cambio is compromised when Vincentio returns and is nearly arrested under Tranio's orders. Though he pretends to be a music teacher to get close to Baptista's younger daughter Hortensio becomes disenchanted with the situation and settles on a young Paduan Widow. All of these events are prefaced by a lord's trick on the drunken country bumpkin Christopher Sly for whom the play is performed. FTP identify this work by Shakespeare that centers on Lucentio's love for Bianca, which can only be consummated if his friend Petruchio can convince Katharina to wed.
The subplot, taken from Ariosto's The Counterfeits, which involves a transformation into the character Cambio is compromised when Vincentio returns and is nearly arrested under Tranio's orders.
The Taming of the Shrew (do not accept John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize)