Reader Reviews
The Taming of the Shrew (Old Vic Theatre, West End)
Back to Show Details| Score | Comment | Date |
 | Irritating and dull. The odd line sparkles but every character seems so insular and glib. Very disappointing. - addicted to theatre | 20 Apr 10 |
| I've seen this production twice - it was slightly different each time. It's my favourite interpretation of the play and I've seen it many times. I felt that I could really understand Katherine and why she behaved as she did. Loved the music,costumes and humour and those wardrobes! Slightly puzzled by the erlier reviewer and his/her statement "Another disappointing..." Which one/s did you mean? I've seen all of Propeller's work from the very beginning-mostly more than once- and they've never disappointed me. Hugely talented actors, original productions and Ed Hall to boot. What more could you ask for. - 195.112.6.58) | 15 Jan 07 |
| This production sucked me in and spat me out. I felt part of Katharina's abuse by Petruchio. The final speech was redolent of Stockholm syndrome where the abused loves the abuser. It was a dark reading but brilliantly performed, particularly by Dugald Bruce Lockhart, a very very macho Petruchio. - 193.118.203.3) | 16 Nov 06 |
| Another disappointing offering from Propeller. While it is good to see the Sly scene restored, the interpretation that it's Sly's fantasy of taming means that any sense of attraction in the wooing scene is lost and therefore it becomes wholly unbelieveable why Kate agrees to marry Petruchio. True the all male cast affords some greater physical roughness in the taming process but Dugald Bruce Lockheart (usually a very good actor) adopts a strange inflection to his voice that is, at best annoying and at worst mangles meaning. There are some nice bits - Tam Williams in particular is good - but Propeller is failing to live up to its earlier promise. For me, this production lacked sexiness or humour but I concur that it is dark. - 80.3.32.6) | 14 Nov 06 |
| another inventive entertaining and thought provoking production from propeller. It's funny sexy and dark. - 81.86.106.82) | 04 Oct 06 |
