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The Taming of the Shrew influenced 10 Things I Hate About You
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The influence
The Taming of the Shrew
Play · 1590
The work it shaped
10 Things I Hate About You
Film · 1999
The evidence
The film moves the play to a Seattle high school and keeps its names: Kat Stratford is Katherina, Bianca keeps hers, and Patrick Verona is Petruchio of Verona, paid to court the sister who must be married off first.
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