Synopsis A duel of the sexes in which the red haired Kate is 'tamed' into marriage and love. Petruchio wants a wife with money and Kate's got plenty of it. But Kate doesn't want to get married at all. She enjoys life on her own terms. Has she finally met her match in Petruchio? But then, has he met his?
Dates: Opens 09 April 2003. Mar 31, Apr 1,2,4,5,7,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19, May 7,8,9,10,12,15,16,20,21,24,26,27,29,30, Jun 5,6,711,14,16,17,19,20,24,25,28,30, Jul 1,3,4,18,26, Aug 81416,18,23,25, Sep 4,5,19, Oct 4,7,10,25 19:30. Apr 3,5,8,9,12,17,19, May 1,8,10,15,22,31, Jun 7,12
An excellent cast and wonderful production of this contraversial play. This is RSC at its best. The humour and timing make this a very enjoyable production and the implications that her "taming" benefits both is well made. The difficulty of Sly is overcome by cutting the whole part out - with no discernable detriment to the production, and the textual difficulty of Tranio/Hortensio (as Tranio appears to adopt Hortensio's character) is largely unnoticed in performance. Lively and funny - and the fact that the cast seem to enjoy is almost as much as the audience makes for a most enjoyable evening - see it if you can. - USER: Whatsonstage.com (81.107.228.50)
21 Jul 03
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this play, I am a teacher and only chosen it because there's plenty to say about it but in fact I really enjoyed it. Showing why and how Petruchio is as mad as Kate made it 'work' on a psychological level. All the students enjoyed it a lot, we did regret the ditching of the Christopher Sly scenes but I detected a nod in someone being thrown out of a door in the street scene at the opening, and the way all the 'watching' in the play was clearly pointed out. All the cast were excellent and I loved the set - loads of doors, just waiting to be slammed! I am looking forward to the sequel now. - USER: Whatsonstage.com (217.41.4.208)
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