There's Bill Siviter's Kids in Lurve which tells the story in modern English verse.  As written, it has a (very specific) UK setting, but that's mainly through references to local cuisine, and the author's intention is that it be adapted to the regional food of wherever it is being stage.  It's aimed at the lower end of high school, so might suit your purposes.

Alternatively, Bill Tordoff's A Thirty Minute Taming of the Shrew fits one part of your purpose, but not the other!  It deliver's the whole story relatively simply, with the original characters and plot.  However, it's an abridgement - it uses the original language (although where possible it omits the most obscure parts).