In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

Baptista, a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca, will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina, a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio, a student and the…

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.