Shakespeare Reference in To Distant Shores

This book is trash and some kind of twisted rape fantasy, but it does contain a reference to Shakespeare. Jill Gregory writes, “And there was theatre at the New Playhouse, built in 1772, where one could watch Shakespeare from the pit of the gallery” (p. 168). The book also contains some talk of Alex Burke taming Elizabeth, and at one point Alex says to her, “My you are the shrew tonight, aren’t you?” (p. 355). And another character tells her, “by the time I’m finished with you, you’ll be as tame as a lap dog” (p. 397). So there are certainly at least nods to The Taming Of The Shrew. To Distant Shores was published in 1980.