The Taming of the Shrew
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Full Casting Announced for Peter Hall's Midsummer, Starring Judi DenchOliver Chris plays Bottom. Theatre credits include Rain Man (on tour), Well (Apollo), Portrait of a Lady (Bath Theatre Royal), and The Taming of the Shrew (Wilton's Music Hall). William Chubb plays Egeus. He was last seen at the Rose... In this article: Judi Dench, National Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Haymarket, Hay Fever, Twelfth Night, and Theatre Royal |
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Columbia Daily Tribune | November 15, 2009
LIFTING THE CURTAIN: "Kiss Me, Kate"
...none of it. Meanwhile, Fred and Lilli both realize their one-time feelings for each other haven't disappeared. On opening night of "The Taming of the Shrew," the play within the play, Fred means to send flowers to Lola, his co-star. But the...
In this article: Hickman High School and Kiss Me, Kate
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L.A. Times - Books | November 14, 2009
'Free for All' by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp
...you!" during "Julius Caesar" and yelled, "Aw, give 'er a pillow!" when Colleen Dewhurst as Kate sank to her knees at the end of "Taming of the Shrew." "I realized that theater is not an elitist art; theater is for the people," Dewhurst...
In this article: Joseph Papp, Kenneth Turan, William Shakespeare, Broadway, Hair, Kate, and Taming of the Shrew
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L.A. Times - Show Tracker | November 09, 2009
Tuesday's TV Highlights: Michelle Obama visits 'Sesame Street'
...Motorcyclists descend on Sturgis, S.D., and the biggest biker bar in the world in this new, unscripted series (10 p.m. Tru). The Taming of the Shrew: Director Franco Zeffirelli cast celebrity couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton,...
In this article: Michelle Obama, Sesame Street, Petruchio, The Tale of Despereaux, Silver, Michael Steger, and 90210
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Jezebel | November 06, 2009
K Is For Kate, Who Kicks Ass, Takes Names [The Name Game]
...tells a great story, although you always know there's a better story she's not telling. Kate could star in a modern-dress production of The Taming of the Shrew - except that in the final act, she'd tell Petruchio where to shove it. But...
In this article: Kate, Kate Moss, Petruchio, Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, and US
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 06, 2009
The talent pool: Audition for 'Taming of the Shrew,' 'Disco Inferno,' 'April Ann,' 'Burn This'
This Site Tribtowns.com: Enter your Zip code to find news and events in your area The talent pool: Audition for 'Taming of the Shrew,' 'Disco Inferno,' 'April Ann,' 'Burn This' The Utah Shakespearean Festival will hold auditions for...
In this article: Salt Lake City
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boston.com - Latest TV news | November 04, 2009
Daily guide to television and radio
...at the Lyric Stage Company, David Mamet's "Speed--the-Plow'' at the New Repertory Theater, and the Actor's Shakespeare Project's "The Taming of the Shrew. '' Gay Rights and the African-American Community 7:30 p.m. WGBH-TV (Channel 2)...
In this article: Wgbh-tv, Wcvb-tv, and Barack Obama
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New Yorker: Everything | November 01, 2009
Goings on About Town: The View from Abroad
...(working from a script co-written by another European immigrant, Billy Wilder) turns it into an elegantly eroticized version of "The Taming of the Shrew," with results that are as funny as they are subtly grotesque. In 1944, for his...
In this article: George Sanders, Edward Everett Horton, Ernst Lubitsch, Billy Wilder, Gary Cooper, and Ryan Lizza
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San Diego Union-Tribune | November 01, 2009
From royalty to Rat Pack,Old Globe's place to be
...III," Alan Bennett's play about the long-reigning British monarch. The Shakespeare lineup also will include the much-loved comedy "The Taming of the Shrew" (with no director announced yet). Outside the festival, locally bred...
In this article: Casey Nicholaw, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Marion Ross, Broadway, King Lear, The Madness of George III, William Shakespeare, and Sammy Cahn
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TC Palm | October 30, 2009
Martin County High School's choice of student plays this year has nation watching
...follows Frankenstein, a nod to Eckhardt's love of Cole Porter. She said she chose that play because it is an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew". That play will run Feb. 5-7 and Feb. 11-13. Eckhardt said she runs every idea for...
In this article: Frankenstein, Martin County High School, Taming of the Shrew, Kiss Me Kate, Martin County, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Mark Twain
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | October 19, 2009
Appearances can be deceiving in rowdy ‘Taming of the Shrew’
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Appearances can be deceiving in rowdy 'Taming of the Shrew' Benjamin Evett is Petruchio and Sarah Newhouse is Kate in Actors' Shakespeare Project's "The Taming of the Shrew. '' (Stratton...
In this article: Kate, Petruchio, Bianca, William Shakespeare, and Marx Brothers
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thumb|350px|right|Petruchio ([[Kevin Black) and Kate (Emily Jordan) from a Carmel Shake-speare Festival production of The Taming of the Shrew at the outdoor Forest Theater in Carmel, CA., Oct, 2003.]]
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594.
The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a drunken tinker named Sly is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord. The Lord has a play performed for Sly's amusement, set in Padua with a primary and sub-plot. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate, and eponymous shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments - the "taming" - until she is an obedient bride. The sub-plot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's less intractable sister, Bianca.
The play's apparent misogynistic elements have become the subject of considerable controversy, particularly among modern audiences and readers. It has nevertheless been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, and musical theatre; perhaps the most famous adaptation being Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate.
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