b é . ▁It ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁version ▁to ▁show ▁scenes ▁which ▁take ▁place ▁off - stage ▁in ▁the ▁play ; ▁in ▁this ▁case , ▁the ▁wed ding ▁and ▁the ▁journey ▁to ▁Pet ru chio ' s ▁house . ▁A ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁Italian ▁version , ▁the ▁twenty - two - min ute ▁La ▁bis bet ica ▁dom ata , ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Arr igo ▁Fr usta ▁and ▁star red ▁G ig etta ▁Mor ano ▁and ▁Ele uter io ▁Rod olf i . ▁This ▁version ▁also ▁shows ▁scenes ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁play . ▁Another ▁English ▁adaptation ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁directed ▁by ▁and ▁st arring ▁Arthur ▁Back ner . ▁This ▁version ▁is ▁also ▁lost . ▁Int ended ▁more ▁as ▁a ▁show case ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁type ▁of ▁sound ▁system ▁than ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁play , ▁the ▁film ▁consisted ▁entirely ▁of ▁the ▁scene ▁where ▁Pet ru chio ▁and ▁K ather ina ▁first ▁meet . ▁Sh ot ▁using ▁a ▁process ▁known ▁as ▁V ox ograph , ▁the ▁actors ▁spoke ▁the ▁complete ▁text ▁during ▁film ing , ▁and ▁when ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁theatre , ▁" the ▁same ▁actors , ▁one ▁at ▁each ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁screen ▁but ▁un seen , ▁repeated ▁the ▁words ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁synchron isation . ▁It ▁was ▁expected ▁that ▁the ▁operator , ▁after ▁re he ars al , ▁would ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁project ▁the ▁film ▁so ▁that ▁picture ▁and ▁voice ▁would ▁j ibe ." ▁The