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Stock character; woman given to violent, scolding, particularly nagging treatment
The shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding, nagging, and aggression – is a comedic stock character in literature and folklore
Shrew_(stock_character)
Topics referred to by the same term
unpleasant, belligerent, imperious woman; essentially synonymous with shrew (stock character) Miss Harridan, the main antagonist of the 2003 comedy film Daddy
Harridan
Topics referred to by the same term
Shrew (stock character), a difficult woman The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, in which the word refers to a difficult woman. The Shrews,
Shrew_(disambiguation)
A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional
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Term for a character development process
manga Hawksian woman Love–hate relationship Queen bee (sociology) Shrew (stock character) "In Tokyo's Akihabara district there is reportedly a tsundere café
Tsundere
Opera by Hermann Goetz
Zähmung (also: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung) (English: The Taming of the Shrew) is a German-language comic opera in four acts by the German composer Hermann
Der_Widerspänstigen_Zähmung
Medieval European term and character
violent, overbearing, turbulent, brawling, quarrelsome woman; a virago, shrew, or vixen. European literature from the Middle Ages often refers to Muslims
Termagant
English actress (born 1944)
April 2021. "Search | RSC Performances | TAM196704 - The Taming of the Shrew | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust". collections.shakespeare.org.uk. Retrieved
Frances_de_la_Tour
American actor (born 1951)
in the theater. His theater credits include Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, American Buffalo, Tupolski in The Pillowman, and Shylock in The Merchant
Tony_Amendola
American actor
following year he appeared in Julie Taymor's production of Taming of the Shrew for Theatre for a New Audience at North Shore Music Theatre, an episode
Jack_Koenig
Panther (2010), voiced by Carl Lumbly. Sabreclaw (Hudson Logan) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics who first
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Literary device
production of a fictitious musical, The Taming of the Shrew, based on the comedy The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, and features several scenes
Story_within_a_story
American stage actor, 1892–1927
season. While still playing in Dulcy, Kelly incorporated the Gregory Kelly Stock Company in Indianapolis, with a capitalization of $3000. He leased English's
Gregory_Kelly_(actor)
Canadian-American actor (1869–1930)
next engagement was with Augustin Daly's stock company, appearing with that organization in The Taming of the Shrew and The Foresters with Ada Rehan. He succeeded
William_Courtleigh
American actor (1928–2010)
Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Dr. Faustus, and The Taming of the Shrew at the American Shakespeare Festival, and later on Broadway. He performed
Pernell_Roberts
1991 American TV series or program
finds handsome and kind. Jeannie II surveils and intervenes. She conjures a shrew of a counterfeit wife to come in, berate the man for infidelity, and call
I_Still_Dream_of_Jeannie
Fictional characters by Patrick O'Brian
griping, illiberal, avid, tenacious, pinchfist, a sordid lickpenny and a shrew". It is hard to see any likeness of the mother in the daughter. Despite
Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series
Recurring_characters_in_the_Aubrey–Maturin_series
The Series and Laura Bailey in the anime. X-158/Finder – A red aardvark/shrew-like experiment who is designed to find anything at the request of someone
List of Lilo & Stitch characters
List_of_Lilo_&_Stitch_characters
English actor (1921–2013)
Cleese in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Taming of the Shrew. In the 1990s, he appeared as The Major-General (Stanley) in a production
Frank_Thornton
Animated series
a journey to find information, Matthias met the Guosim Shrews, a tribe of argumentative shrews who told him to speak to a large snowy owl named Captain
Redwall_(TV_series)
previous shows, Kratts' Creatures and Zoboomafoo, and contains numerous characters from the latter. In the series, the animated Kratts' brothers encounter
List_of_Wild_Kratts_episodes
American actress (born 1949)
New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew with Raul Julia, and Measure for Measure opposite Sam Waterston and John
Meryl_Streep
Actress (born 1983)
Lights, Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and The Winter's Tale. While at Yale, she won the Herschel Williams Prize
Lupita_Nyong'o
American actor (1937–2004)
Othello, Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew. During those years, film roles that went beyond stock characters were few and far between, notable exceptions
Ron_O'Neal
List of characters created by Charles Dickens
contains bun. Mrs. MacStinger: Captain Cuttle's landlady, a relentless shrew. Her name evokes stinginess and pettiness. Mrs. Pipchin: strict widow and
Characters_in_Dombey_and_Son
Films based on other media (books, plays, etc.)
Barnet, Sylvan (1998) [1966]. "The Shrew on Stage and Screen". In Heilman, Robert B. (ed.). The Taming of the Shrew. Signet Classic Shakespeare (Second
Film_adaptation
Restraint used to hold and punish a person in a standing position
Scold's bridle, metal frame around head, with bit to hold down tongue Shrew's fiddle, board around neck and wrists The stocks were never formally abandoned
Pillory
19th/20th-century American actress
combative power dynamics, was most likely their 1887 The Taming of the Shrew. It ran in both New York and London and that initial run tallied 121 performances
Ada_Rehan
2025 Twelfth Night 1.5/53–54, Folger Shakespeare Library The Taming of the Shrew 4.4/94, Folger Shakespeare Library "Glossary – Help". Judiciary of Scotland
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Biodiversity. 1 100007. doi:10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100007. Merriam, J. C. & Stock, C. 1932: The Felidae of Rancho La Brea. Carnegie Institution of Washington
Largest_prehistoric_animals
American actress (1922–2000)
successive evenings: a vicious singer, a spiteful flapper and a libidinous shrew." "She was dazed by the number of men she had to kiss on-screen and said
Mary_Sinclair
Extinct species of marsupial
Desert. A large collection of specimens are from the Otto Lipfert Canning Stock Route expeditions in 1930-1931. Here the northern mulgara (at the time believed
Northern_mulgara
British-American actor
actor, recognized for playing smooth, gentlemanly, although rather shady characters. He began acting on the English stage in 1907, toured in the United States
Murray_Kinnell
Traveling theater
limited the portrayals to stock characters. However, many who allowed their personalities to shine through the characters and who developed a knack for
Carpa
1989 fantasy novel by Brian Jacques
selfish shrew Hairbelly Wartclaw Publishers Weekly said the book is a "truly thrilling conclusion" to the Redwall trilogy, and praised the characters as being
Mattimeo
American actor (1917–1982)
when he appeared in a supporting role in a broadcast of The Taming of the Shrew on KECA in Los Angeles, California. Four years later, a newspaper reported
Hans_Conried
American stage actor and director (1866–1932)
Taming of the Shrew, and Richard III. The talent of Craig and Lillian Lawrence, and the recent acquisition of John Sainpolis to the stock company, were
John_Craig_(actor)
American actor (1892–1977)
Atlantic. Although they appeared in classics including The Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull and Pygmalion, and dark comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The
Alfred_Lunt
English actress and singer (born 1981)
Woods at London's Donmar Warehouse, and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. She
Sheridan_Smith
American actor and filmmaker (1883–1939)
venture, playing Petruchio and Kate in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1929). This film, and his subsequent sound films, were poorly received
Douglas_Fairbanks
American actor, producer and director (1914–2021)
by French director Jean Renoir to portray the malicious, dull-witted character Finley in The Southerner, which was the fourth film of six productions
Norman_Lloyd
Winners of satirical science award
December 2025. Bertenshaw, Catherine; Rowlinson, Peter (2009). "Exploring Stock Managers' Perceptions of the Human—Animal Relationship on Dairy Farms and
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners
Playhouse in London, England, 1576–1598
Thomas Fairman (1899), Early London Theatres: In the Fields, London: Elliot Stock, p. 30 Bowsher, Julian; Miller, Pat (2010). The Rose and the Globe—Playhouses
The_Theatre
English actress (born 1976)
voiced the character of Beauty in the Bevanfield Films production of Beauty and the Beast. She has also voiced several video game characters, including
Kellie_Bright
American comedy-drama television series (1985–1989)
that the inspiration for the series was a production of The Taming of the Shrew he saw in Central Park starring Meryl Streep and Raúl Julia. The show parodied
Moonlighting_(TV_series)
Writer who creates a new work based on someone else's prior text
culture, use characters or themes from a common cultural stock. The development of European classical literature out of the common stock of oral tradition
Continuator
Restraining device
displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Shrew's fiddle – Early modern form of public punishment Stock – Strongly built livestock holding stallPages
Stocks
is a brief synopsis of the featured movie and shorts, with major cast, character, and production changes noted in italic. The fan-funded eleventh season
List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
List_of_Mystery_Science_Theater_3000_episodes
British-Indian actor (1929–2015)
Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet. He played Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew. Midway through the tour, Jaffrey returned to Washington DC from Miami to
Saeed_Jaffrey
Independent research library in Washington, D.C.
renditions of Measure for Measure (2007), Hamlet (2011) and The Taming of the Shrew (2013). From 1982 to 2021, the Folger Theatre's Artistic Producer was Janet
Folger_Shakespeare_Library
Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
discovered; and he adopted the nomen "Maccius" (from Maccus, a clownish stock character in Atellan Farce) and agnomen "Plautus" ("trampled flat", usually in
Plautus
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
talkies became more popular among audiences. Her next film, The Taming of The Shrew, made with husband Douglas Fairbanks, was not well received at the box office
Mary_Pickford
American actress (1884–1949)
(1908) Balked at the Altar (1908) After Many Years (1908) The Taming of the Shrew (1908) A Calamitous Elopement (1908) The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908) The Man
Linda_Arvidson
1926 film
out to be one of Griffith's most fully realized works and its critical stock has risen considerably in the last several decades. The film featured Carol
The Sorrows of Satan (1926 film)
The_Sorrows_of_Satan_(1926_film)
Series of TV adaptations of Shakespeare's plays
the Shrew. Shakespeare in Production. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 9780521667418. Brooke, Michael. "The Taming of the Shrew (1980)"
BBC_Television_Shakespeare
American actor (1859–1933)
They toured all over the U.S. in these plays, adding The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night to their repertoire in 1905. Unhappy
E._H._Sothern
Group of mammals that walk on the tips of their toes or hooves
(2004). "Cross-species chromosome painting in the golden mole and elephant-shrew: support for the mammalian clades Afrotheria and Afroinsectiphillia but
Ungulate
Title of address for a noble man
no gentleman; And if no gentleman, why then no arms. —The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene i However, although only a gentleman could have a coat of
Gentleman
1919 novel by Edith Maude Hull
subjugation of a wilful woman, The Sheik has been compared to The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Criticism of the novel has been tempered, however
The_Sheik_(novel)
American lawman (1848–1929)
reputation as a shrew who made life difficult for Earp. She frequently griped about his lack of work and financial success and even his character and personality
Wyatt_Earp
worldwide. Blade became the top-grossing film based on a Marvel Comics character, grossing $131.2 million worldwide at the time of its release. The Star
1998_in_film
Group of islands in Cornwall, England
Isles of Scilly are the only British habitat of the lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens), where it is known locally as a "teak" or "teke"
Isles_of_Scilly
stage performances at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre of The Taming of the Shrew (1973) as Petruchio; a one-man show entitled A Muse of Fire (1989); Poor
List of roles and awards for Alan Bates
List_of_roles_and_awards_for_Alan_Bates
American actress (1907–2003)
company, playing Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, and Isabella in Measure for Measure. The tour was successful and Hepburn
Katharine_Hepburn
Largest Greek island
dormouse. The Cretan shrew, a type of white-toothed shrew is considered endemic to the island of Crete because this species of shrew is unknown elsewhere
Crete
American actress (1922–2011)
from the 1970s through the 2000s. Her theatrical work has spanned summer stock, off-Broadway and on-Broadway shows. Much of her work was in classical dramas
Jane_White
Italian actor and voice actor
cinematografo.it. A performance of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew streamed on Italian television at RAI, "Teatro 1982-1983". "Per sempre"
Stefano_De_Sando
American pornographic actor and director
Academy of Dramatic Arts. Everett performed a scene from The Taming of the Shrew. Out of 24,000 people, Everett received three callbacks and was one of sixteen
Eric_Edwards_(actor)
American actress (1920–2006)
Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Summer Stock plays The Taming of the Shrew (1947) Born Yesterday (1950) Wedding Breakfast (1955) A Piece
Shelley_Winters
Lake in East-central Africa
sitatunga, bohor reedbuck, defassa waterbuck, cane rats, and giant otter shrew.[page needed] Lake Victoria and its wetlands has a large population of Nile
Lake_Victoria
Christian festival before Lent
Mythical characters appear regularly in the parades:[citation needed] Karolin − a small person dressed in a magpie tail and top hat, riding on a shrew; Les
Carnival
English actress (1887–1983)
in 1910. Although she appeared in classics including The Taming of the Shrew and The Seagull, experimental drama by Eugene O'Neill, and dark comedy by
Lynn_Fontanne
Play by William Shakespeare
production was extensively reviewed by Clayton 'London Theatre' Taming of the Shrew review from 2007 accessed 26 June 2025. Fisher, Philip. British Theatre
Twelfth_Night
Main character in many Norwegian folktales
"Espen Oskeladd") is a main character in several tales collected in Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norwegian Folktales. The character starts out being regarded as
Askeladden
Species of owl
white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) for 10.3% and northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) for 3.2%. Of 127 stomachs in New England in four irruptive
Snowy_owl
2019 film by Jon Favreau
Josh McCrary, and Phil LaMarr voice a guineafowl, a bushbaby, an elephant shrew, and an impala, respectively, Timon and Pumbaa's neighbors in the oasis
The_Lion_King_(2019_film)
Season of television series
Memorial's chief of staff Peter Burns, who helps her take over D & D by buying stock. When D & D president Bruce Teller (Stanley Kamel) is ousted he commits
Melrose_Place_season_3
English-born American stage and screen actor (1869–1931)
couple of years Power ran away from his farm work and joined a theatre stock company at St. Augustine, Florida, debuting as Gibson in Charles Hawtrey's
Tyrone_Power_Sr.
USA theatre company 1935–1939
technicians and stagehands had suffered since 1914, when movies began to replace stock, vaudeville and other live stage performances nationwide. Sound motion pictures
Federal_Theatre_Project
American actor (1882–1942)
Caliban), Twelfth Night (as Sir Toby Belch and Malvolio) and The Taming of the Shrew (as Petruchio). The films Barrymore appeared in over the next two years
John_Barrymore
requested the Bolshoi Ballet to suspend performances of his The Taming of the Shrew, though Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin refused to do so. On 4 April
Non-government reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Non-government_reactions_to_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
United States National Monument in California
variety of mammals ranging in size from the small, four-inch long American shrew mole to the much larger black-tailed subspecies of mule deer, Odocoileus
Muir_Woods_National_Monument
have to patrol an outdoor performance of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Toody musters the courage to become king of his castle after seeing the
List of Car 54, Where Are You? episodes
List_of_Car_54,_Where_Are_You?_episodes
19th-century British actor
Merchant of Venice and was Petruchio to her Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew. Sullivan then went to Glasgow where he met and acted with Gustavus Vaughan
Barry Sullivan (English actor)
Barry_Sullivan_(English_actor)
American stage, television and film actress (1915–2018)
personality coincided with that of her onstage role (Kate from The Taming of the Shrew). Kiss Me, Kate featured such songs as "I Hate Men," "Wunderbar", and "So
Patricia_Morison
1948 film by Orson Welles
based on a Shakespeare play: United Artists had produced The Taming of the Shrew in 1929, Warner Brothers made A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1935, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Macbeth_(1948_film)
Species of owl
of shrews may allow the owls to stave off hunger. The smallest mammal and vertebrate prey known to be taken by Ural owls is the Eurasian least shrew (Sorex
Ural_owl
American actress (1917–1987)
at age 70.[citation needed] "Sinister Governess Role Boosts Fay Baker Stock". Independent Press-Telegram. California, Long Beach. April 1, 1951. p. 10
Fay_Baker
Bantu kingdom within Uganda
(Buffalo) Musu/Omusu (Edible rat) Ngabi Ensamba(Antelope) Nkerebwe (Jungle Shrew) Nsuma (snout fish) Nseenene (Copiphorini) The largest city in Buganda is
Buganda
Island in the Mediterranean and region of Italy
included a field mouse (Rhagamys orthodon), a vole (Microtus henseli), a shrew (Asoriculus similis), a mole (Talpa tyrrhenica), a dwarf mammoth (Mammuthus
Sardinia
Roman comic playwright (c. 195/185 BC–c.159 BC
derived, actors wore masks which were conventionally associated with stock character types. Ancient authors make conflicting statements on whether Roman
Terence
Play by Plautus
Epidamnus and Menaechmus of Syracuse. It incorporates various Roman stock characters including the parasite, the comic courtesan, the comic slave, the domineering
Menaechmi
Radio and television comedy sketch series (1946–1951)
nickname, "The Bickering Bickersons"): Blanche... is one of the monstrous shrews of all time. She makes her husband... take two jobs, a total of 16 working
The_Bickersons
Australian actor, choreographer, dancer and theatre director (1909–1986)
with Hepburn as a guest artist. He played Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Angelo in Measure for Measure and Shylock. At the Old Vic in 1956 he directed
Robert_Helpmann
1957 TV series
Season 1 and in 1959 for "Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series" for her work in Season 2. Richard Kinon received
Mr._Adams_and_Eve
English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838–1905)
Richard III, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. He played Captain Absolute in The Rivals and the title roles in dramatisations
Henry_Irving
Estate in East Ayrshire, Scotland
rooks, treecreepers, buzzards, peewits or lapwings, roe deer, mink, moles, shrews, grey squirrels, hares, hedgehogs, foxes, badgers, pipistrelle bats and
Chapeltoun
Among his major films are three Shakespeare adaptations: The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Hamlet (1990) Valerio Zurlini (1926–1982)
List_of_people_from_Italy
Mesoamerica: nine new species, a key to identify species, and a novel character to support its monophyly". Zootaxa. 3889 (4): 451–484. doi:10.11646/zootaxa
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)
List_of_organisms_named_after_famous_people_(born_1800–1899)
make a new thriller with his favorite actress]. AlloCiné (in French). "Character actor John Finnegan dies at 85". Variety. Retrieved 2012-08-02. Tishman
List of film director and actor collaborations
List_of_film_director_and_actor_collaborations
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