Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.

Simon Chandler
as Lucentio

Anthony Pedley
as Tranio

John Franklyn-Robbins
as Baptista

Frank Thornton
as Gremio

Sarah Badel
as Katherine

Jonathan Cecil
as Hortensio

John Cleese
as Petruchio

Joan Hickson
as Widow

Susan Penhaligon
as Bianca

Harry Waters
as Biondello