Taming of the Shrew

Petruchio

O monstrous arrogance!
Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble,
Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail;    
Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter-cricket thou!
Braved in mine own house with a skein of thread?    
Away, thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant,
Or I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard
As thou shalt think on prating whilst thou livest!
I tell thee, I, that thou hast marred her gown.

Tailor

You bid me make it orderly and well,    
According to the fashion and the time.    

Petruchio

Marry, and did; but if you be remembered,    
I did not bid you mar it to the time.
Go, hop me over every kennel home,    
For you shall hop without my custom, sir;    
I'll none of it. Hence, make your best of it.    

Petruchio

Thy gown? Why, ay, come, tailor, let us see't.
O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is here?    
What's this, a sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.    
What, up and down carved like an apple tart?
Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash,
Like to a censer in a barber's shop.
Why, what a devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this?    

Petruchio

Thy gown? Why, ay, come, tailor, let us see't.
O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is here?    
What's this, a sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.    
What, up and down carved like an apple tart?
Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash,
Like to a censer in a barber's shop.
Why, what a devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this?    

Haberdasher

Here is the cap your worship did bespeak.    

Petruchio

Why, this was moulded on a porringer,
A velvet dish. Fie, fie; 'tis lewd and filthy.    
Why, 'tis a cockle or a walnut-shell,    
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap.    
Away with it! Come, let me have a bigger.

Katherina

I'll have no bigger. This doth fit the time,    
And gentlewomen wear such caps as these.

Petruchio

When you are gentle, you shall have one too,
And not till then.

Hortensio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

[Exit Haberdasher]

Petruchio

Hortensio

Tailor

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Tailor

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Hortensio

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Grumio

[Pretending that Petruchio is addressing him]

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Hortensio

[Exit Tailor]

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

[Exit]

Hortensio

Petruchio

How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?    

Hortensio

Mistress, what cheer?    

Katherina

                                  Faith, as cold as can be.   

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

Hortensio

Petruchio

[Enter Tailor]
[Enter Haberdasher (a hat maker)]

Haberdasher

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Hortensio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

[Exit Haberdasher]

Petruchio

Hortensio

Tailor

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Tailor

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Hortensio

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Grumio

[Pretending that Petruchio is addressing him]

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Hortensio

[Exit Tailor]

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

[Exit]

Hortensio

Petruchio

How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?    

Hortensio

Mistress, what cheer?    

Katherina

                                  Faith, as cold as can be.   

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

Hortensio

Petruchio

[Enter Tailor]
[Enter Haberdasher (a hat maker)]

Haberdasher

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Hortensio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

[Exit Haberdasher]

Petruchio

Hortensio

Tailor

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Tailor

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Hortensio

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Grumio

[Pretending that Petruchio is addressing him]

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Hortensio

[Exit Tailor]

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

[Exit]

Hortensio

Petruchio

How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?    

Hortensio

Mistress, what cheer?    

Katherina

                                  Faith, as cold as can be.   

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

Hortensio

Petruchio

[Enter Tailor]
[Enter Haberdasher (a hat maker)]

Haberdasher

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Hortensio

Katherina

Petruchio

Katherina

[Exit Haberdasher]

Petruchio

Hortensio

Tailor

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

Tailor

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Petruchio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Tailor

Petruchio

Grumio

Tailor

Grumio

Hortensio

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Grumio

[Pretending that Petruchio is addressing him]

Petruchio

Grumio

Petruchio

Hortensio

[Exit Tailor]

Petruchio

Katherina

Petruchio

[Exit]

Hortensio

Baptista

Say, Signor Gremio, what can you assure her?

Gremio

First, as you know, my house within the city
Is richly furnishèd with plate and gold,
Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands, 
My hangings all of Tyrian tapestry.
In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns,
In cypress chests my arras counterpoints,
Costly apparel, tents, and canopies,    
Fine linen, Turkey cushions boss'd with pearl,    
Valance of Venice gold in needlework,            
Pewter and brass, and all things that belong
To house or housekeeping. Then, at my farm
I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail,    
Six-score fat oxen standing in my stalls,    
And all things answerable to this portion.    
Myself am struck in years, I must confess;    
And if I die tomorrow, this is hers,
If, whilst I live, she will be only mine.

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