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Shakespearean role as classical character in travelling troupe (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petruchio

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'shakespearean role' is the definition.
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'classical character in travelling troupe' is the wordplay.
'classical character' becomes 'chi' (I've seen this before).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'travelling' indicates an anagram.
'troupe' is an anagram of 'petruo'.
'chi' going inside 'petruo' is 'PETRUCHIO'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for petruchio that I've seen before include "Gentleman of Verona" , "Tamer of the Shrew" , "He tamed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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