THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

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Run Dates

2012.01.19 ~ 2012.02.18

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About the show

Bailey set the production in an authoritarian Italy of the 1940s. Ruth Sutcliffe's stage design was dominated by a vast bed, from which drunkard Christopher Sly had his dream. The action of the play took place above and in between the crumpled bedsheets. An obese and tattoed Sly (Nick Holder) made his entrance in grubby underpants and remained on stage throughout, watching the play-within-the-play.

Details

CAST Hiran Abeysekera - Page Tom Berish - Peter Elizabeth Cadwallader - Bianca David Caves - Petruchio Lisa Dillon - Katherina Col Farrell - Pedant Gavin Fowler - Lucentio Huss Garbiya - Biondello Simon Gregor - Grumio Paul Herzberg - Vincentio/Tailor Nick Holder - Christopher Sly Kieran Knowles - Nathaniel Aïcha Kossoko - Marian Hackett/Widow (Absent due to injury) Janet Fullerlove - Marian Hacket/Widow Jonathan Livingstone - Curtis Adrian Lukis - Lord John Marquez - Tranio David Rintoul - Gremio Sam Swainsbury - Hortensio Laura Wells - Cecily Hackett Terence Wilton – Baptista Minola CREATIVE TEAM Playwright – William Shakespeare Director - Lucy Bailey Designer - Ruth Sutcliffe Lighting Designer - Oliver Fenwick Sound Designer - Jeremy Dunn Movement - Liam Steel Music - John Eacott Fights - Terry King production photo Sheila Burnett © RSC

Where it's been performed

RSC

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford

United Kingdom

Stratford

United Kingdom

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