Dramatis Personae + 

A Lord, person in the introduction + 

Christopher Sly, a tinker, person in the introduction + 

Hostess, page, players, huntsmen, and servants, persons in the introduction + 

Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua + 

Vincentio, an old gentleman of Pisa + 

Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca + 

Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katharina + 

Gremio, suitor to Bianca + 

Hortensio, suitor to Bianca + 

Tranio, servant to Lucentio + 

Biondello, servant to Lucentio + 

Grumio, servant to Petruchio + 

Curtis, servant to Petruchio + 

A Pedant + 

Katharina, the shrew, daughter to Baptista + 

Bianca, daughter to Baptista + 

Widow + 

Tailor, haberdasher, and servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio + 

Scene: Padua, and Petruchio’s country house. + 