The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare's Globe
Pro reviewers average
2013-05-26
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 ...
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 the task 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.
Show Details
| Running dates | from Jun 23 2012 to Oct 13 2012 |
| Theatre | Shakespeare's Globe |
| Pro Average | |
| Peer Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| What's on Stage (Other reviewers) | Full Review | |
| Quentin Letts (Daily Mail) | Full Review | |
| Libby Purves (The Times) | Full Review | |
| Henry Hitchings (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Michael Billington (The Guardian) | Full Review | |
| Sarah Hemming (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Andrzej Lukowski (Time Out) | Full Review |
| Chris Walsh | ||
| Moloch | ||
| This is a difficult play--no matter what, when you get to a husband starving and depriving his wife of sleep to tame her, it's a bit icky. I loved this production. The broadness of Katherina's shrewishness was balanced by the insane performance by Simon Paisley Day as Petruccho. It was bawdy, funny, and very entertaining. |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Synopsis | ||
| 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 the task 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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| Author | William Shakespeare | |
| Director | Toby Frow | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Jamie Beamish | |
| Tom Anderson | ||
| Samantha Spiro | ||
| David Beames | ||
| Joseph Timms | ||
| Michael Bertenshaw | ||
| Simon Paisley Day | ||
| Pip Donaghy | ||
| Patrick Driver | ||
| Tom Godwin | ||
| Chris Keegan | ||
| Sarah MacRae | ||
| Pearce Quigley | ||
| Rick Warden | ||
| Helen Weir | ||
| Set Designer | Mike Bretton | |
| Lyrics | Richard Hammarton | |