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''[[Catharine and Petruchio]]'' is a  1756 adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by David Garrick. Extremely popular during the 18th and 19th centuries, it  is sometimes also written ''[[Catherine and Petruchio]]'' and ''[[Katharine and Petruchio]]'' in some versions. Also cited as ''[[Katharina en Petruchio]]'' in the occasional 19th century [[Dutch]] newspaper in Cape Town.
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''[[Catharine and Petruchio]]'' is a  1756 adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by David Garrick (1717-1779)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrick]. Extremely popular during the 18th and 19th centuries, it  is sometimes also written ''[[Catherine and Petruchio]]'' and ''[[Katharine and Petruchio]]'' in some versions. Also cited as ''[[Katharina en Petruchio]]'' in the occasional 19th century [[Dutch]] newspaper in Cape Town.
  
'''See ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'''''
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'''See ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' for South African productions.'''
  
  

Revision as of 06:50, 6 January 2016

Catharine and Petruchio is a 1756 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew by David Garrick (1717-1779)[1]. Extremely popular during the 18th and 19th centuries, it is sometimes also written Catherine and Petruchio and Katharine and Petruchio in some versions. Also cited as Katharina en Petruchio in the occasional 19th century Dutch newspaper in Cape Town.

See The Taming of the Shrew for South African productions.


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