This adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew is one of three significant Filipino productions based on Shakespeare’s works. The other two are a 2004 A Midsummer Night’s Dream starring Ron Capinding as Nick Bottom and the 2011-12 version of Romeo and Juliet called Sintang Dalisay.
Ang Pagpapaamo sa Maldita is set in 1910 Bicol during the colonization of the Philippines by the United States (1898 – 1946). Katherina is portrayed as a headstrong Bicolana while Petruccio is an arrogant and pompous American.
