A shortened version for broadcasting of Shakespeare's farce, arranged and produced by Peter Creswell , with Fay Compton as Katharina and Godfrey Tearle as Petruchio
Persons in the Induction
Christopher Sly, a pedlar ; hostess of an ale-house ; a lord ; his page ; huntsmen, servants, etc., etc.
Persons in the play
Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua ; Vincentio, an old gentleman of Pisa ; Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca ; Gremio, and Hortensio (suitors to Bianca) ; Grumio and Curtis (servants to Petruchio) ;
Bianca, daughter to Baptista ; a widow; a tailor, a haberdasher, servants, guests, etc., etc.
Scene: Padua, and Petruchio's country house