Lucentio

fictional character

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role in “The Taming of the Shrew”

  • Laurence Olivier in The Taming of the Shrew
    In The Taming of the Shrew

    The only serious candidate is Lucentio, the son of a wealthy Florentine gentleman. He is so smitten with Bianca’s charms that he exchanges places with his clever servant, Tranio, in order to gain access to the woman he loves. He does so disguised as a tutor. So does the less-successful…

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