Cast: Globe’s Taming of the Shrew & Henry V

As
previously announced, Olivier Award-winner Samantha Spiro will play
Katherine, the eponymous shrew, with Simon
Paisley Day as
Petruchio. Day’s recent credits include playing Malvolio in
Twelfth Night in 2011, while Spiro was seen most
recently in the title role of Filumena at the Almeida, which closed
last weekend.

Joining
them in the Toby Frow-directed production are a number of familiar
Globe faces, including Michael
Bertenshaw as
Gremio, Joseph
Timms
as Lucentio, Pearce
Quigley as Grumio,  and Helen
Weir
as the Widow.

Sarah
MacRae and Pip Donaghy are both making their debuts at the Globe
in the roles of Bianca and Baptista Minola respectively. Also
appearing will be Tom
Anderson, David Beames, Jamie Beamish, Patrick Driver, Tom Godwin,
Christopher Keegan and
Rick
Warden.

The
theatre also announced full casting for Henry V,
the final production of the Globe to Globe festival and the launch of
2012 Theatre Season. It previews from 7 June.

Joining
History Boys star Jamie Parker in the title role
will be Globe
regulars David Hargreaves as the King of France, Nigel
Cooke as Exeter, Sam Cox as Pistol and Paul Rider as Bardolph. Brid
Brennan – seen last year at the National Theatre in The
Veil – plays Queen Isabel.

The
cast also includes Graham Butler, Giles Cooper, Matthew Flynn,
Beruce
Khan, James Lailey, Brendan O’Hea,
Olivia
Ross, Chris Starkie, Lisa Stevenson and
Roger
Watkins.

Dominic
Dromgoole directs.