The Taming of the Shrew
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23 March 2007
Shakespeare’s comedy, which depicts the breaking of a young woman’s will by her gold-digging new husband, has long divided audiences and critics alike. Is the play a reactionary relic from an unashamedly sexist age, or the depiction of two individuals with a playful approach to gender identity? This Nick Hutchison directed production appears to plump for the latter interpretation.
Propeller’s recent staging of the play at the Old Vic side-stepped the problem by presenting the action as the wish-fulfilling dream of Christopher Sly - a drunken tinker of rather disreputable aspect. Christopher also features in this version of the work, but here the prologue takes a more familiar form: the unconscious Sly is discovered outside an alehouse by a mischievous lord who installs him in his castle and tells him he is the noble master, newly restored from a bout of madness. He is then presented with a play: The Taming of the Shrew.
Enjoyment of Hutchison’s take on the story de...
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Jock Mawson - 25 March 2007:
This is the best thing I've seen in ages. Wiltons makes a wonderful Neo Italian setting for what can be a difficult play. A uniformly strong cast revels in Nick Hutchison's liberating interpretation and on the night I saw it the packed house was captivated throughout. Leave your preconceptions at home: the shrew isn't who you thought she was and the story makes great, modern sense....
Cast
Rachael Stirling (Kate)
Oliver Chris (Petruccio)
Creative
Wilton's Music Hall (Producer)
Nick Hutchison (Director)
Annie Gosney (Design)
Hansjorg Schmidt (Lighting)
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