▁Sh rew ▁- ▁Reb orn . ▁ ▁Television ▁The ▁earliest ▁screen ing ▁of ▁the ▁play ▁is ▁often ▁in ac cur ately ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁broadcast ▁on ▁BBC ▁Television ▁Service ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁directed ▁by ▁Dallas ▁B ower ▁and ▁st arring ▁Marg are tta ▁Scott ▁and ▁Austin ▁Tre vor . ▁However , ▁this ▁was ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁G arr ick ' s ▁C ath ar ine ▁and ▁Pet ru chio , ▁not ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁Sh rew . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁television ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁Shakespeare an ▁text ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁broadcast ▁live ▁on ▁CBS ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁West ing house ▁Studio ▁One ▁series . ▁A ▁heavily ▁edited ▁si xty - min ute ▁modern - d ress ▁performance , ▁written ▁by ▁Wor thing ton ▁Min er ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Paul ▁Nick ell , ▁it ▁star red ▁Lisa ▁Kirk ▁and ▁Char l ton ▁H eston . ▁K ather ina ' s ▁opening ▁speech ▁in ▁ 4 . 3 , ▁beginning ▁with ▁" the ▁more ▁my ▁wrong , ▁the ▁more ▁his ▁spite ▁appears " ▁was ▁delivered ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁voice - over , ▁an ▁unusual ▁technique ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁production ▁is ▁also ▁notable ▁in so far ▁as ▁when ▁she ▁h ugs ▁Pet ru chio ▁after ▁her ▁clim actic ▁speech , ▁she ▁w inks ▁at ▁the ▁camera . ▁D iana ▁E . ▁Hend erson ▁writes ▁" this ▁version ▁rel ent lessly ▁re iter ates ▁conventional ▁post - war