“How fares my Kate?”
Double Meaning
Act 4,
Scene 3
Lines 36-37b
Petruchio
Hortensio
Katherina
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
- How are you doing (faring), Kate? What, sweetheart (sweetings), all depressed (amort)?
- On what do you dine (fare), Kate? What, sweet apples (sweetings), a lot (a mort) of them?