The Shrew was beyond me, as I could not stomach the way that it celebrated misogyny

Glad to hear I am not the only one. Thanks gents. That play makes my hackles rise. The breaking of a person’s spirit by a kidnapper is a well-known psychological effect. If the victim is sequestered long enough they can even come to believe that they love their captors. Sound familiar? You can bet your bottom dollar that if the play had been one involving the emotional breaking of a black person into slavery the play would have faded into obscurity long ago. I can’t imagine why it is o.k. to put on that play just because Shakespeare wrote it.