full length · drama
The Taming of the Shrew
Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.
Characters
| Petruchio | lead | 158 speeches |
| Tranio | supporting | 90 speeches |
| Katherina | supporting | 82 speeches |
| Hortensio | supporting | 70 speeches |
| Baptista | supporting | 68 speeches |
| Lucentio | supporting | 62 speeches |
| Grumio | supporting | 62 speeches |
| Gremio | supporting | 57 speeches |
| Biondello | minor | 38 speeches |
| Bianca | minor | 29 speeches |
| Vincentio | minor | 23 speeches |
| Curtis | minor | 20 speeches |
| Pedant | minor | 20 speeches |
| Tailor | minor | 12 speeches |
| Widow | minor | 8 speeches |
| Scene I. Padua | minor | 4 speeches |
| Scene Ii | minor | 4 speeches |
| Nathaniel | minor | 4 speeches |
| Enter Biondello | minor | 2 speeches |
| First Servant | minor | 2 speeches |
| Sly | minor | 2 speeches |
| Re-Enter Biondello | minor | 2 speeches |
Read the play
Choose an act above to read — each is a separate page.
Monologues from this play
- Lucentio monologue (Act 1) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Petruchio monologue (Act 2) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Petruchio monologue (Act 2) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Gremio monologue (Act 2) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Biondello monologue (Act 3) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Gremio monologue (Act 3) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Petruchio monologue (Act 3) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Petruchio monologue (Act 4) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Katherina monologue (Act 4) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Petruchio monologue (Act 4) — The Taming of the Shrew
- Katherina monologue (Act 5) — The Taming of the Shrew