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
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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