Text	Circles	Dramatis Personae	Synopsis	All Definitions

Character Speaker Gender ALL Lord, First Servingman, Second Servingman, Third Servingman male ALL SERVANTS UNISON Lord's Servingmen ALL SERVANTS UNISON ALL SERVINGMEN UNISON Petruchio's Servingmen BAPTISTA BAPTISTA MINOLA, a wealthy citizen of Padua BIANCA BIANCA, the Prize, younger daughter of Baptista female BIONDELLO BIONDELLO, Lucentio's second servant CURTIS CURTIS, Petruchio's servant, in charge of his country house FIRST HUNTSMAN FIRST HUNTSMAN FIRST PLAYER FIRST PLAYER FIRST SERVINGMAN FIRST SERVINGMAN FIRST SERVINGMAN OF PETRUCHIO FIRST SERVINGMAN of Petruchio GREMIO GREMIO, a wealthy old citizen of Padua, suitor for the hand of Bianca GREMIO and TRANIO GREMIO, a wealthy old citizen of Padua, suitor for the hand of Bianca GREMIO and TRANIO TRANIO, Lucentio's servant and confidant GRUMIO GRUMIO, Petruchio's personal lackey GRUMIO and BIONDELLO GRUMIO, Petruchio's personal lackey GRUMIO and BIONDELLO BIONDELLO, Lucentio's second servant HABERDASHER A Haberdasher HORTENSIO HORTENSIO, a gentleman of Padua, suitor for the hand of Bianca [also disguised as Licio] HOSTESS The Hostess of a country alehouse female JOSEPH JOSEPH KATHERINA KATHERINA, the Shrew, elder daughter of Baptista [Katherine Minola; Kate] female LORD A Lord LUCENTIO LUCENTIO, a gentleman of Pisa, in love with Bianca [also disguised as Cambio] NATHANIEL NATHANIEL NICHOLAS NICHOLAS Page The Lord’s page male PEDANT A Pedant of Mantua [Schoolmaster; also disguised as Vincentio] PETER PETER PETRUCHIO PETRUCHIO, a gentleman of Verona, suitor for the hand of Katherina PHILIP PHILIP PLAYERS A company of strolling Players SECOND HUNTSMAN SECOND HUNTSMAN SECOND SERVINGMAN SECOND SERVINGMAN SERVANT Servant attending on Baptista SERVINGMAN FIRST SERVINGMAN SLY CHRISTOPHER SLY, a drunken tinker [Christophero] TAILOR A Tailor THIRD SERVINGMAN THIRD SERVINGMAN TRANIO TRANIO, Lucentio's servant and confidant VINCENTIO VINCENTIO, a wealthy citizen of Pisa, father of Lucentio WIDOW A Widow, in love with Hortensio female