Taming Of The Shrew

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The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare starts from the scene where Christopher Slay falls asleep in front of the tavern. The local lord who returns from the hunt with his hunters and servants finds Slay asleep on the ground and decides to play with him a joke. Lord' servants carry Slay to the Lord's mention where he washed in scented water, dressed up like a nobleman and convinced that he is a Lord. The Lord cordially invites a group of traveling actors to his mention and asks them to play a fun comedy, allegedly in order to help the imaginary nobleman to get rid of the disease.
In the play within the play, Lucention, the son of the rich Vincento from Florence arrives to Padua where he meets Bianca, a younger daughter of a wealthy