William Shakespeare · 1592 · road

Shakespeare's comedy. In Padua, the gentleman Lucentio schemes to court the gentle Bianca - but she cannot marry until her sharp-tongued elder sister Katherina is wed. The fortune-hunting Petruchio takes on the challenge, carrying Katherina off to his country house to 'tame' her through a battle of wills, before all return to Padua for a wedding feast and a final reckoning.

1. 1
   Verona

   Petruchio's home, from which he sets out declaring he has come to wive it wealthily in Padua.

2. 2
   Padua

   The bustling university town where Baptista's daughters are courted and Petruchio storms through his marriage to the shrewish Katherina.

3. 3
   Petruchio's Country House

   Petruchio carries his new wife to his country house and tames her through hunger, sleeplessness and relentless contradiction.

4. 4
   Padua

   The couple returns for Bianca's wedding feast, where the once-wild Katherina delivers her startling speech on wifely duty.