Kate (The Taming of The Shrew) - Characters

Characters

  • Katherina (Kate) Minola – the "shrew" of the title
  • Bianca – sister of Katherina; the ingénue
  • Baptista Minola – father of Katherina and Bianca
  • Petruchio – suitor of Katherina
  • Gremio – elderly suitor of Bianca
  • Lucentio – suitor of Bianca (spends some of play disguised as Cambio, a Latin tutor)
  • Hortensio – suitor of Bianca and friend to Petruchio (spends some of the play disguised as Litio, a music tutor)
  • Grumio – servant of Petruchio
  • Tranio – servant of Lucentio (spends some of the play disguised as Lucentio)
  • Biondello – servant of Lucentio
  • Vincentio – father of Lucentio
  • A Widow – wooed by Hortensio
  • A Pedant – pretends to be Vincentio
  • A Haberdasher
  • A Tailor
  • Curtis – servant of Petruchio
  • Nathaniel – servant of Petruchio
  • Joseph – servant of Petruchio
  • Peter – servant of Petruchio
  • Nicholas – servant of Petruchio
  • Philip – servant of Petruchio
  • An Officer
  • Servants

Characters appearing in the Induction:

  • Christopher Sly – a drunken tinker
  • A Lord – plays a prank on Sly
  • Bartholomew – a page
  • Hostess of an alehouse
  • Huntsman of the Lord
  • Players
  • Servingmen
  • Messenger

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