The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
From 10 June
Playing at the Globe and touring the UK, Europe and Asia
CREATIVES
Directed by
Joe Murphy
Designed by
Hannah Clark
CAST
Remy Beasley
Tranio
Becci Gemmell
Lucentio
Kathryn Hunt
Baptista Minola/Grumio
Kate Lamb
Katherina
Olivia Morgan
Bianca/Biondello
Joy Richardson
Gremio/Vincentio/Widow
Nicola Sangster
Hortensio
Leah Whitaker
Petruchio
'If I be waspish, best beware my sting.'
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? Perhaps the gold-digging Petruchio, as maddeningly strongwilled and perverse as Katherina herself, will be equal to the task of bullying her to the altar.
Shakespeare’s outrageous comedy introduces one of the theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hellbent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to its controversial conclusion.
Performed at the Globe and touring on an Elizabethan-style stage, with an all-female cast.
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