THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

In the Induction
christopher sly, beggar and tinker
A hostess
A lord
bartholomew, his page
huntsmen
servants
players

In the play-within-the-play
baptista Minola, a gentleman of Padua	
katherine, his elder daughter
bianca, his younger daughter
petruccio, a gentleman of Verona, suitor of Katherine
grumio	}
curtis	his servants
gremio, a rich old man of Padua, suitor of Bianca
hortensio, another suitor, who disguises himself as Licio, a teacher
lucentio, from Pisa, who disguises himself as Cambio, a teacher
tranio	}
biondello	his servants
vincentio, Lucentio's father
A pedant (schoolmaster), from Mantua	
A widow
A tailor
A haberdasher
An officer
servingmen, including nathaniel, philip, joseph, and peter
Other servants of Baptista and Petruccio