Speeches (Lines) for (stage directions)
in "Taming of the Shrew"
Total: 73

1

Prologue,1,1

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter HOSTESS and SLY

2

Prologue,1,11

Hostess. I know my remedy; I must go fetch the third-borough.

(stage directions). Exit

3

Prologue,2,147

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter aloft SLY, with ATTENDANTS; some with apparel, basin and ewer, and other appurtenances; and LORD

4

Prologue,2,244

All. Amen.

(stage directions). Enter the PAGE as a lady, with ATTENDANTS

5

Prologue,2,275

Christopher Sly. Ay, it stands so that I may hardly tarry so long. But I would be
loath to fall into my dreams again. I will therefore tarry in
despite of the flesh and the blood.

(stage directions). Enter a MESSENGER

6

Prologue,2,291

Christopher Sly. Well, we'll see't. Come, madam wife, sit by my side and let
the world slip;-we shall ne'er be younger.

(stage directions). [They sit down]

7

Prologue,2,292

(stage directions). [They sit down]

(stage directions). A flourish of trumpets announces the play

8

I,1,293

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter LUCENTIO and his man TRANIO

9

I,1,436

Gremio. I am agreed; and would I had given him the best horse in
Padua to begin his wooing that would thoroughly woo her, wed her,
and bed her, and rid the house of her! Come on.

(stage directions). Exeunt GREMIO and HORTENSIO

10

I,1,544

Lucentio. Tranio, let's go.
One thing more rests, that thyself execute-
To make one among these wooers. If thou ask me why-
Sufficeth, my reasons are both good and weighty. Exeunt.

(stage directions). The Presenters above speak

11

I,2,551

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter PETRUCHIO and his man GRUMIO

12

I,2,569

Petruchio. Will it not be?
Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock I'll ring it;
I'll try how you can sol-fa, and sing it.

(stage directions). [He wrings him by the ears]

13

I,2,572

Petruchio. Now knock when I bid you, sirrah villain!

(stage directions). Enter HORTENSIO

14

I,2,691

Grumio. A proper stripling, and an amorous!

(stage directions). [They stand aside]

15

II,1,836

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter KATHERINA and BIANCA

16

II,1,859

Katherina. [Strikes her] If that be jest, then an the rest was so.

(stage directions). Enter BAPTISTA

17

II,1,868

Katherina. Her silence flouts me, and I'll be reveng'd.

(stage directions). [Flies after BIANCA]

18

II,1,870

Baptista Minola. What, in my sight? Bianca, get thee in.

(stage directions). [Exit BIANCA]

19

II,1,879

Baptista Minola. Was ever gentleman thus griev'd as I?
But who comes here?

(stage directions). Enter GREMIO, with LUCENTIO in the habit of a mean man; PETRUCHIO, with HORTENSIO as a musician; and TRANIO, as LUCENTIO, with his boy, BIONDELLO, bearing a lute and books

20

II,1,985

Petruchio. Ay, to the proof, as mountains are for winds,
That shake not though they blow perpetually.

(stage directions). Re-enter HORTENSIO, with his head broke

21

II,1,1176

Petruchio. Father, and wife, and gentlemen, adieu.
I will to Venice; Sunday comes apace;
We will have rings and things, and fine array;
And kiss me, Kate; we will be married a Sunday.

(stage directions). Exeunt PETRUCHIO and KATHERINA severally

22

II,1,1266

Tranio. A vengeance on your crafty withered hide!
Yet I have fac'd it with a card of ten.
'Tis in my head to do my master good:
I see no reason but suppos'd Lucentio
Must get a father, call'd suppos'd Vincentio;
And that's a wonder- fathers commonly
Do get their children; but in this case of wooing
A child shall get a sire, if I fail not of my cunning.

(stage directions). Exit

23

III,1,1267

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter LUCENTIO as CAMBIO, HORTENSIO as LICIO, and BIANCA

24

III,1,1349

Bianca. [Reads]
'"Gamut" I am, the ground of all accord-
"A re" to plead Hortensio's passion-
"B mi" Bianca, take him for thy lord-
"C fa ut" that loves with all affection-
"D sol re" one clef, two notes have I-
"E la mi" show pity or I die.'
Call you this gamut? Tut, I like it not!
Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice
To change true rules for odd inventions.

(stage directions). Enter a SERVANT

25

III,1,1354

Bianca. Farewell, sweet masters, both; I must be gone.

(stage directions). Exeunt BIANCA and SERVANT

26

III,1,1356

Lucentio. Faith, mistress, then I have no cause to stay.

(stage directions). Exit

27

III,2,1363

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter BAPTISTA, GREMIO, TRANIO as LUCENTIO, KATHERINA, BIANCA, LUCENTIO as CAMBIO, and ATTENDANTS

28

III,2,1390

Katherina. Would Katherine had never seen him though!

(stage directions). Exit, weeping, followed by BIANCA and others

29

III,2,1443

Biondello. Nay, by Saint Jamy,
I hold you a penny,
A horse and a man
Is more than one,
And yet not many.

(stage directions). Enter PETRUCHIO and GRUMIO

30

III,2,1483

Petruchio. Good sooth, even thus; therefore ha' done with words;
To me she's married, not unto my clothes.
Could I repair what she will wear in me
As I can change these poor accoutrements,
'Twere well for Kate and better for myself.
But what a fool am I to chat with you,
When I should bid good-morrow to my bride
And seal the title with a lovely kiss!

(stage directions). Exeunt PETRUCHIO and PETRUCHIO

31

III,2,1488

Baptista Minola. I'll after him and see the event of this.

(stage directions). Exeunt BAPTISTA, GREMIO, BIONDELLO, and ATTENDENTS

32

III,2,1606

Petruchio. They shall go forward, Kate, at thy command.
Obey the bride, you that attend on her;
Go to the feast, revel and domineer,
Carouse full measure to her maidenhead;
Be mad and merry, or go hang yourselves.
But for my bonny Kate, she must with me.
Nay, look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret;
I will be master of what is mine own-
She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house,
My household stuff, my field, my barn,
My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing,
And here she stands; touch her whoever dare;
I'll bring mine action on the proudest he
That stops my way in Padua. Grumio,
Draw forth thy weapon; we are beset with thieves;
Rescue thy mistress, if thou be a man.
Fear not, sweet wench; they shall not touch thee, Kate;
I'll buckler thee against a million.

(stage directions). Exeunt PETRUCHIO, KATHERINA, and GRUMIO

33

IV,1,1620

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter GRUMIO

34

IV,1,1630

Grumio. Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and all
foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? Was ever man so ray'd? Was
ever man so weary? I am sent before to make a fire, and they are
coming after to warm them. Now were not I a little pot and soon
hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roof
of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I should come by a fire to
thaw me. But I with blowing the fire shall warm myself; for,
considering the weather, a taller man than I will take cold.
Holla, ho! Curtis!

(stage directions). Enter CURTIS

35

IV,1,1706

Grumio. Why, she comes to borrow nothing of them.

(stage directions). Enter four or five SERVINGMEN

36

IV,1,1718

Grumio. E'en at hand, alighted by this; and therefore be not-
Cock's passion, silence! I hear my master.

(stage directions). Enter PETRUCHIO and KATHERINA

37

IV,1,1776

Petruchio. 'Tis burnt; and so is all the meat.
What dogs are these? Where is the rascal cook?
How durst you villains bring it from the dresser
And serve it thus to me that love it not?
There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all;
[Throws the meat, etc., at them]
You heedless joltheads and unmanner'd slaves!
What, do you grumble? I'll be with you straight.

(stage directions). [Exeunt SERVANTS]

38

IV,1,1788

Petruchio. I tell thee, Kate, 'twas burnt and dried away,
And I expressly am forbid to touch it;
For it engenders choler, planteth anger;
And better 'twere that both of us did fast,
Since, of ourselves, ourselves are choleric,
Than feed it with such over-roasted flesh.
Be patient; to-morrow 't shall be mended.
And for this night we'll fast for company.
Come, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber. Exeunt

(stage directions). Re-enter SERVANTS severally

39

IV,1,1791

Peter. He kills her in her own humour.

(stage directions). Re-enter CURTIS

40

IV,1,1798

Curtis. In her chamber. Making a sermon of continency to her,
And rails, and swears, and rates, that she, poor soul,
Knows not which way to stand, to look, to speak.
And sits as one new risen from a dream.
Away, away! for he is coming hither. Exeunt

(stage directions). Re-enter PETRUCHIO

41

IV,2,1823

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter TRANIO as LUCENTIO, and HORTENSIO as LICIO

42

IV,2,1829

Hortensio. Sir, to satisfy you in what I have said,
Stand by and mark the manner of his teaching.

(stage directions). [They stand aside]

43

IV,2,1830

(stage directions). [They stand aside]

(stage directions). Enter BIANCA, and LUCENTIO as CAMBIO

44

IV,2,1836

Lucentio. While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart.

(stage directions). [They retire]

45

IV,2,1887

Tranio. Ay, mistress; and Petruchio is the master,
That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long,
To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue.

(stage directions). Enter BIONDELLO

46

IV,2,1902

Tranio. If he be credulous and trust my tale,
I'll make him glad to seem Vincentio,
And give assurance to Baptista Minola
As if he were the right Vincentio.
Take in your love, and then let me alone.

(stage directions). Exeunt LUCENTIO and BIANCA

47

IV,2,1903

(stage directions). Exeunt LUCENTIO and BIANCA

(stage directions). Enter a PEDANT

48

IV,3,1956

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter KATHERINA and GRUMIO

49

IV,3,1993

Katherina. Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding slave,
[Beats him]
That feed'st me with the very name of meat.
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you
That triumph thus upon my misery!
Go, get thee gone, I say.

(stage directions). Enter PETRUCHIO, and HORTENSIO with meat

50

IV,3,2156

Hortensio. Why, so this gallant will command the sun.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]

51

IV,4,2157

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter TRANIO as LUCENTIO, and the PEDANT dressed like VINCENTIO

52

IV,4,2165

Tranio. 'Tis well; and hold your own, in any case,
With such austerity as longeth to a father.

(stage directions). Enter BIONDELLO

53

IV,4,2233

Baptista Minola. I follow you. Exeunt

(stage directions). Re-enter LUCENTIO as CAMBIO, and BIONDELLO

54

IV,4,2261

Biondello. I cannot tarry. I knew a wench married in an afternoon
as she went to the garden for parsley to stuff a rabbit; and so
may you, sir; and so adieu, sir. My master hath appointed me to
go to Saint Luke's to bid the priest be ready to come against you
come with your appendix.

(stage directions). Exit

55

IV,5,2266

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter PETRUCHIO, KATHERINA, HORTENSIO, and SERVANTS

56

IV,5,2345

Petruchio. Come, go along, and see the truth hereof;
For our first merriment hath made thee jealous.

(stage directions). Exeunt all but HORTENSIO

57

V,1,2349

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter BIONDELLO, LUCENTIO, and BIANCA; GREMIO is out before

58

V,1,2355

Biondello. Nay, faith, I'll see the church a your back, and then
come back to my master's as soon as I can.

(stage directions). Exeunt LUCENTIO, BIANCA, and BIONDELLO

59

V,1,2357

Gremio. I marvel Cambio comes not all this while.

(stage directions). Enter PETRUCHIO, KATHERINA, VINCENTIO, GRUMIO, and ATTENDANTS

60

V,1,2365

Gremio. They're busy within; you were best knock louder.

(stage directions). [PEDANT looks out of the window]

61

V,1,2385

Pedant. Lay hands on the villain; I believe 'a means to cozen
somebody in this city under my countenance.

(stage directions). Re-enter BIONDELLO

62

V,1,2400

Biondello. Help, help, help! Here's a madman will murder me.

(stage directions). Exit

63

V,1,2443

Vincentio. Thus strangers may be hal'd and abus'd. O monstrous
villain!

(stage directions). Re-enter BIONDELLO, with LUCENTIO and BIANCA

64

V,1,2446

Biondello. O, we are spoil'd; and yonder he is! Deny him, forswear
him, or else we are all undone.

(stage directions). Exeunt BIONDELLO, TRANIO, and PEDANT, as fast as may be

65

V,1,2476

Lucentio. Look not pale, Bianca; thy father will not frown.

(stage directions). Exeunt LUCENTIO and BIANCA

66

V,2,2488

(beginning of scene)

(stage directions). Enter BAPTISTA, VINCENTIO, GREMIO, the PEDANT, LUCENTIO, BIANCA, PETRUCHIO, KATHERINA, HORTENSIO, and WIDOW. The SERVINGMEN with TRANIO, BIONDELLO, and GRUMIO, bringing in a banquet

67

V,2,2528

Petruchio. Spoke like an officer- ha' to thee, lad.

(stage directions). [Drinks to HORTENSIO]

68

V,2,2540

Bianca. Am I your bird? I mean to shift my bush,
And then pursue me as you draw your bow.
You are welcome all.

(stage directions). Exeunt BIANCA, KATHERINA, and WIDOW

69

V,2,2603

Petruchio. The fouler fortune mine, and there an end.

(stage directions). Re-enter KATHERINA

70

V,2,2611

Petruchio. Go, fetch them hither; if they deny to come.
Swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbands.
Away, I say, and bring them hither straight.

(stage directions). [Exit KATHERINA]

71

V,2,2630

Petruchio. Nay, I will win my wager better yet,
And show more sign of her obedience,
Her new-built virtue and obedience.
[Re-enter KATHERINA with BIANCA and WIDOW]
See where she comes, and brings your froward wives
As prisoners to her womanly persuasion.
Katherine, that cap of yours becomes you not:
Off with that bauble, throw it underfoot.

(stage directions). [KATHERINA complies]

72

V,2,2696

Petruchio. Come, Kate, we'll to bed.
We three are married, but you two are sped.
[To LUCENTIO] 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white;
And being a winner, God give you good night!

(stage directions). [Exeunt PETRUCHIO and KATHERINA]

73

V,2,2699

Lucentio. 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tam'd so.

(stage directions). [Exeunt]