What is the name of the wife of the character that Stephen Boxer played in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "The Taming of the Shrew"?
Petruchio Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio; ] ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" (c. 1590–1594). Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman named Kate and then proceeds to "tame" her temperamental spirit. The role has attracted notable performers.
Lady Frederick Lady Frederick is a comedy by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, written early in his career. The play was first seen in London in 1907, and was very successful, running for 422 performances. The title role was played by Ethel Irving. In New York it was first performed in 1908, with Lady Frederick played by Ethel Barrymore, who reprised her role in the play's film adaptation, "The Divorcee".