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. Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand. One of Shakespeare's funniest plays benefits from the i find out more...

A fine BBC adaptation of one of the bard's lesser known and earliest comedies observing the inevitable conflict between friendship and love when two friends travel to Milan and, regardless of their filial obligations, become besotted. find out more...

This outstanding BBC production captures all the magical quality and dramatically changing moods of this great tragicomedy, one of the greatest of Shakespeare's works. Like all the Beeb productions this is the best version for study courses. find out more...

An all star cast combined with Trevor Nunn's direction and the skills of a BBC production bring this classic tale to life. Possibly the bard's most famous comedy of mistaken identity where a shipwrecked brother and sister dress in clothes of the opposite sex and get entangled with others. find out more...

Whoopi Goldberg is like a hip, Afro-American Joyce Grenfell. Her monologues are masterpieces of characterisation and acute observation - always funny and moving.

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