Taming of the Shrew, The

Synopsis: A video recoridng, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare’ Company’s 1982 production of The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Barry Kyle with Alun Armstrong as Petruchio and Sinead Cusack as Katherina.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 25 Jan 1983
Duration: 188 mins

History: The production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 12 October 1982 and transferred to the Barbican. The cast names reflect the Barbican production.
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Shrimpton, Nicholas. Shakespeare Survey 37 91984), pp163-73. Smith, Jamie Jo. `"And speak I will’: Listening to Katharina in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.", Dissertation Abstracts International 56 (1995-96): 407A (Texas). The article observes that ‘portrayals of Kate can be used to prescript behavior’ and that, historically, she ‘makes frequent appearances whenever the threat of female independence occurs’. Finds evidence for this argument in Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Taming of the Shrew by Michael Bogdanov (q.v.), Barry Kyle (q.v.), and Jonathan Miller (q.v.).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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