The Taming of the Shrew is a satire by William Shakespeare, accepted to have been composed somewhere in the range of 1590 and 1592. The play starts with an outlining gadget, frequently alluded to as the enlistment, wherein a wicked aristocrat deceives a tanked tinker named Christopher Sly into accepting he is an aristocrat himself. The aristocrat then has the play performed for Sly's redirection. The fundamental plot portrays the romance of Petruchio and Katherina, the willful, resolved wench. At first, Katherina is a reluctant member of the relationship; nonetheless, Petruchio "restrains" her with different mental and actual tortures, like holding her back from eating and drinking, until she turns into an attractive, agreeable, and respectful lady for him to marry. The subplot highlights a rivalry between the admirers of Katherina's more youthful sister, Bianca, who is viewed as the "ideal" lady. Whether or not the play is sexist has turned into the subject of significant contention, especially among current researchers, crowds, and perusers. The Taming of the Shrew has been adjusted various times for stage, screen, drama, artful dance, and melodic theater. The most renowned transformations are Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate; McLintock, a 1963 American Western satire film, featuring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; and the 1967 film of the play, featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The 1999 secondary school satire film 10 Things I Hate About You, and the 2003 lighthearted comedy Deliver Us from Eva are likewise inexactly inspired by the play.
William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon, c. 23 de abril de 1564jul. - Ibídem, 23 de abril/3 de mayo de 1616) fue un dramaturgo, poeta y actor inglés. Conocido en ocasiones como el Bardo de Avon (o simplemente el Bardo), se le considera el escritor más importante en lengua inglesa y uno de los más célebres de la literatura universal.
Según la Encyclopædia Britannica, «Shakespeare es generalmente reconocido como el más grande de los escritores de todos los tiempos, figura única en la historia de la literatura. La fama de otros poetas, tales como Homero y Dante Alighieri, o de novelistas tales como León Tolstoy o Charles Dickens, ha trascendido las barreras nacionales, pero ninguno de ellos ha llegado a alcanzar la reputación de Shakespeare, cuyas obras hoy se leen y representan con mayor frecuencia y en más países que nunca. La profecía de uno de sus grandes contemporáneos, Ben Jonson, se ha cumplido por tanto: "Shakespeare no pertenece a una sola época sino a la eternidad"».
