Walter Hampden as Lucentio
Productions of The Taming of the Shrew
1890. Henry Irving leased the theatre and Richard Dorney as acting manager presented six performances of The Taming of the Shrew at London's Lyceum Theatre (July 8 through July 14). The players were John Drew as Petruchio, Ada Rehan as Katherine, Charles Fisher as Baptista, Charles Wheatleigh as Christopher Sly, and Edith Crane as Bianca (Wearing, I, 52).
1893. To open his new theatre Daly's (London), Augustin Daly selected The Taming of the Shrew as the first play produced. George Clarke played Petruchio, Ada Rehan as Katherine, William Gilbert as Christopher Sly, Henry Loraine as Baptista, and Frances Ross as Bianca. The play opened on June 27 and ran for fourteen performances until July 14 (Wearing, I, 329).
1897. Herbert Beerbohm Tree produced Katherine and Petruchio, David Garrick's adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. The play opened at Her Majesty's Theatre (London) on November 1 and ran for 22 performances. Tree played Petruchio and his wife played Katherine; the parts of Bianca and Baptista were played by Margaret Halstan and Charles G. Allan (Wearing, II, 700).
1901. Frank Benson's company presented ten performances (January 1-14) of The Taming of the Shrew at the Comedy Theatre (London). Benson played Petruchio opposite his wife Constance Benson as Katherine (Wearing, 1901-9, I, 71).
1904. On January 18 Ada Rehan opened at the Lyric Theatre in New York City for a three-week engagement in The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice. The production then moved to the Liberty Theatre where The Taming of the Shrew ran for another week (Loney, I, 22).
1904 At the Adelphi Theatre, London, on November 29 Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton opened in The Taming of the Shrew (Loney, I, 23).