SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Taming of the Shrew, The

Synopsis

Fiction short. A version of The Taming of the Shrew.

Country

France

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1911

Duration

11 mins; 1076 feet

Credits

Director

Henri Desfontaines

Screenplay

Garbagni

Cast

Madeleine Barjac	Katherina
Romauld Joubé	Petruchio
André Bacqué	Baptista Minola
Cécile Didier	Bianca
Denis d’Inès
Jean Hervé
Roger Lion	Lucentio

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Renaissance Italy

Plays

Taming of the Shrew, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968), pp. 129-30, 336).

Production Company

Name

Eclipse

Archive

Name

Library and Archives Canada

Web

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Phone

(613) 996-5115

Fax

(613) 996-6274

Address

395 Wellington Street
Ottawa
ON K11 ON4
Canada

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States