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The Taming of the Shrew (Stage)

Description: Royal Shakespeare Company : The Courtyard Theatre / Southern Lane / Stratford-upon-Avon / Warwickshire CV37 6BB / ... more

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Newest Review: ... yet agrees to marry, but can she be tamed? Meanwhile, competition between the suitors for Bianca provides much comedy, mainly through disguises and pretence. Adaptations There have been many adaptations of the Shrew over the years. The most well known are Cole Porter's musical version 'Kiss me, Kate' and the teen movie 'Ten Things I Hate About You'. **2008/9 RSC Production** This is ... more

... definitely the best production of the Taming of the Shrew that I have seen. This production retains the Induction section, which is set in a city in the present day where a stag night is taking place. The drunken Christopher Sly is persuaded to watch the...more

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The Taming of the Shrew (Stage): A Shrewd Night Out (1458 words)
by - written on 29/10/08 (Very useful, 679 readings)
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I like my Shakespeare, quite a lot. I like this play, as do lots of other women, or so I understand. Why? It is not a particularly nice play, most of the humour being based on the humiliation and degradation of a woman so as to break her very soul. In today's society, it is difficult to understand how that could ever have been thought of as funny. However, something about this play keeps drawing me back. This is the fifth production of the Taming of the Shrew I have seen, and the second to have been produced by the RSC. I honestly wondered, having sat through those previous four, if I could handle a fifth. I didn't really think so. The main reason I ... Read the complete review