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The Taming of the Shrew

Summary
1952 BBC live studio production of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew.
Theatre play
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 20 April 1952
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Desmond Davis
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Adapted for Television by
Barbara Nixon
Musical Supervisor
John Huntley
Sets / Settings
Barry Learoyd
Cast
Stanley BakerPetruchio
Dennis BowenHortensio
Gaylord Cavallaro
Noel Davis
Anthony Errock
Peter FawcettBiondello
Richard GooldenA Pedant of Mantua
Roy Grant
Charles HeslopGremio
Ernest JayBaptista
Margaret JohnstonKatharina
Diarmuid KellyA Tailor
Christine LindsayA Widow
Barry Lowe
Charles ManderCurtis
Eric MessiterVincentio
Hugh Munro
David OxleyLucentio
Sheila Shand-GibbsBianca
Michael Sherren
Harold SiddonsTranio
Toke TownleyGrumio
John [H.] Watson
Jennifer Wilson

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 7.30pm on Thursday 24 April 1952.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; Italy, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 18 April 1952 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 42; article by Lionel Hale, ‘The Katharina-Petruchio Duel’, p. 41

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