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The Taming of the Shrew: Assisted Performances

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Shakespeare's Globe

The Taming of the Shrew

By William Shakespeare

From 23 June

 

CREATIVES

Directed by 
Toby Frow

Designed by 
Mike Britton

Composer
Richard Hammarton

CAST 

Tom Anderson
Curtis

Jamie Beamish
Tranio

David Beames
Vincentio/Tailor

Michael Bertenshaw
Gremio

Simon Paisley Day
Petruchio 

Pip Donaghy
Baptista Minola

Patrick Driver
Pedant

Tom Godwin
Biondello/Page

Chris Keegan
Nathaniel/Servant

Sarah MacRae
Bianca

Pearce Quigley
Grumio

Samantha Spiro 
Katherina  

Joseph Timms
Lucentio

Rick Warden
Hortensio

Helen Weir
Widow

  • Taming 2

Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, shrewish Katherina? Only the gold-digging Petruchio, a man as maddeningly strong-willed and perverse as Katherina herself, is equal to thetask of bullying her to the altar.

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

 

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