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STUDIO ONE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (TV)
Summary
One in this series of live dramas. In this production, the wealthy Baptista must marry off his elder daughter, the headstrong Katherine, before he can allow his younger daughter Bianca to marry. Petruchio, a swaggering adventurer in search of a wife, offers to marry Katherine and attempts to turn the "shrew" into a dutiful wife. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: June 5, 1950 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:29
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T83:0201
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1948-1958
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Westinghouse products
CREDITS
- Worthington Miner … Producer, Writer
- Paul Nickell … Director
- William Shakespeare … Based on the play by
- Lisa Kirk … Cast, Katherine
- Charlton Heston … Cast, Petruchio
- Hiram Sherman … Cast, Baptista
- Ernest Graves … Cast, Tranio
- Sally Chamberlin … Cast, Bianca
- Henry Barnard … Cast, Lucentio
- James Gannon … Cast, Hortensio
- Louis Edmonds … Cast, Grumio
- Rudolph J. Watson … Cast, Gremio
- Carl Don … Cast, the Tailor
- Florence Stanley … Cast, The Widow
- Arthur O'Connell … Cast, Curtis
- Elmer Lehr … Cast, The Old Monk
- Don Murray … Cast, Biondello