Learning on ScreenTaming of the Shrew, The
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Jean Gascon’s production of The Taming of the Shrew for the 1973 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Pat Galloway is Katherina and Alan Scarfe is Petruchio.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 4 Jun 1973
Credits
- Director
- Jean Gascon
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Gabriel Charpentier
- Production Design
- John Jensen
- Costume
- Desmond Heeley
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
- Theatre company
- Shakespeare (Stratford) Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Taming of the Shrew, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival
Notes
- History
- The production ran in repertory 4 June-20 October 1973; then on tour.
- Reviews
- Barnes, Clive. New York Times (6 June 1973). p. 39. Jackson, Berners W. Shakespeare Quarterly 24 (173) 405-10 (in review article). Jackson writes ‘The Stratford production treated the play frivolously. It was directed from the surface, so to speak, not from within the text’.
Archive
- Name
Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival Archive
- Contact
- ECharendoff@stratfordshakespearefestival.com (Archives Co-ordinator)
- Web
- https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/ArchivesServices External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 519-271 1040
- Fax
- +1 519-271-1040
- Address
- 350 Douro Street
P.O. Box 520
55 Queen Street
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 3S7
Canada
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