In 1980, he appeared alongside John Cleese in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Taming of the Shrew.

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Prince of Tyre, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Winter's Tale.

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She even tackles the submission speech made by Katharine near the end of "The Taming of the Shrew, " which is generally so objectionable to 21st-century women.

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They went on to become one of the world's most famous couples, both on and off camera, and starred together in films, including The Taming Of The Shrew and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

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They went on to become one of the world's most famous couples, both on and off camera, and starred together in nine further films, including The Taming Of The Shrew and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

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So began the taming of the shrew.

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