taming

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My admiration for her work comes down, perhaps unusually, to the Zeffirelli-Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew” and the Nichols-Albee “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” two films in which she starred with then-husband Richard Burton.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2024

He played Shylock in a 2005 production of “The Merchant of Venice” and Gremio in “The Taming of the Shrew,” among many other roles.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

The mum-of-two, who lives near Birmingham, has written the food blog Taming Twins since 2013 and regularly shares family recipes and money-saving shopping hacks.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023

She attended Amity High School, where she won first place in a Shakespeare competition with a monologue from “The Taming of the Shrew,” not sure comedy was her winning strategy.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Taming the tunnel interference was a “long sought technical prize” for the researchers, and in 1951 it earned John Stack and his colleagues another coveted Collier Trophy.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly