Globe on Screen - William Shakespeare The Taming on the Shrew., tells the tale of the sharp-tongued Kate, who must marry before her younger sister, Bianca, is allowed to find a suitor. Samantha Spiro stars as the cantankerous Kate, aided by Tom Anderson, David Beames, Jamie Beamish, Michael Bertenshaw, Simon Paisley Day, Pip Donaghy, Patrick Driver, Tom Godwin, Robert Heard, Christopher Keegan, Sarah MacRae, Pearce Quigley, Sid Sagar, Joseph Timms, Rick Warden, Helen Weir.