Italie, XVIe siècle. Petruchio, un pauvre propriétaire terrien de Vérone, colérique et menteur, arrive à Padoue en quête de fortune et d'une épouse, tandis que Baptista, un riche marchand, annonce qu'il ne permettra pas à Bianca, sa fille cadette, de se marier tant que sa fille aînée, la capricieuse et intraitable Katherina, ne le fera pas..
A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader..
San Francisco's prize-winning American Conservatory Theater's rowdy commedia dell'arte production incorporates slapstick, pratfall and earthy humor into William Shakespeare's comedy about the two unmarried daughters of a wealthy Italian merchant. While daughter Bianca is genteel and popular, daughter Kate is foul-tempered and strong-willed. No one dares to marry Kate, until Petruchio arrives in Padua and tries his hand at courtship..
This scintillating production of Shakespeare’s boisterous comedy will stir your emotions even as it challenges you with its pointed social commentary. Is the story of Kate and Petruchio one of courtship or of conquest? The breaking down of a defiant spirit or a breakthrough that liberates a heart deprived of love? You decide – but either way, this is an experience not to be missed!.
Lorsqu'une scientifique au cœur brisé retourne au bercail pour repartir à zéro, son frère comploteur engage un bel inconnu pour la convaincre de vendre leurs terres..
Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her father will not allow Bianca to be married until her older sister, who is notoriously quarrelsome and bad-tempered, is married first. When Petruchio comes from Verona to Padua in search of a wife, he hears of this situation, and he accepts the challenge of trying to woo and marry the ill-natured Katherine..
Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife..
Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior..
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand..
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine..
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine..
This version concentrates on the contest between Petruchio and Katerina, as it should. The Biance subplot is used only to set up the Shrew story. When the subplot is resolved, its intrusion comes almost as a surprise, but I suppose the director felt he had to tie up lose ends..
Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents The Taming of the Shrew. Turning Shakespeare’s fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power..
La romance de Kaska et Patryk est mise à l'épreuve lorsqu'ils se soupçonnent mutuellement d'infidélité. Pour ne rien arranger, leurs voisins continuent de s'immiscer dans leurs affaires..
Shakespeare's witty battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation. The unlikely bonding of a headstrong Kate and domineering Petruchio is only one aspect of a play about change and the magical transformations that theatre can produce..
Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion..
A few rich and glamorous people are flying to Nice, but instead of South France they land in the heart of the Sibir..
A modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew shot in wartime Italy..
Classic adaptation of the even more classic play by William Shakespeare..
