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Shakespeare wrote The Taming of the Shrew for the same reason he wrote all of his plays--for money. That's how he earned his daily crust. There was already a similar play out there called The Taming of a Shrew, and Shakespeare used the idea for his own purposes.

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Did shakespeare write the play The Taming of the Shrew?

Yes.


Did Shakespeare write a play called shaming the shrew?

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Yes! In The Taming Of The Shrew.


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William Shakespeare.There is a very similar play from almost exactly the same time called The Taming of A Shrew, which Shakespeare may or may not have written. The jury's out on that.


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