Introduction
One of Shakespeare’s remarkable works is the play entitled the “Taming of the Shrew”. It was written as a comedy piece that shares the same romantic feel of his other works. In 1967, director Franco Zeffirelli took Shakespeare’s work into the silver screens with a movie adaptation of the same title. However, classical conservatives were critical about the cinema version of the play because of the perceived differences in the original play and with the screenplay. These differences, changes and other elements between the movie and the play will be evaluated by examining the context of the movie version ...