The Taming of The Shrew, directed by Justin Audibert, at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Stratford upon Avon, March 11th and 12th 2019 www.rsc.org.uk/the-taming-of-the-shrew/ By Jeannie Farr and Sonia Perello ‘1590s. England is a matriarchy.’ An invitation to historical, meta-theatrical reflection, or the product of careless thinking (the setting being Italy), thus this production presents an […]
1. Uluslararası Shakespeare Festivali: The First International Shakespeare Festival in Turkey Reviewed by Anna Carleton Forrester On the homepage for the first international Shakespeare festival in Turkey a banner reads “Prometheus of World Literature Honors Turkey.” But over the course of ten days, the organizers, scholars, students, and contributors of the inaugural festival, hosted at […]
The Taming of the Shrew, translated and directed by Jack Nieborg, Shakespeare Theater Diever, The Netherlands, 26 August 2017. Reviewed by Paul Franssen, Utrecht University The annual open-air Shakespeare production at Diever, staged by amateurs, seems to be drawing bigger crowds every year. This year’s production of The Taming of the Shrew makes it clear why: […]
The Taming of the Shrew, dir. Andy Jones, July 29, 2017 at Perchance Theatre at Cupids (NL) Reviewed by Tracy O’Brien For its eighth season, Perchance Theatre (formerly known as New World Theatre Project) has selected The Taming of the Shrew as its comedic Shakespearean offering. Director, writer, and actor, Andy Jones confronts the difficulties […]
The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Kevin Gates. At the City Theater, Austin, TX, June 8, 2017. Review by Michael Saenger What in the world does one do with The Taming of the Shrew? When I was growing up, it was a staple of community theater, a hilarious and (chuckle) romantic tale of an […]
The Taming of the Shrew @ Sport for Jove, Seymour Centre, Sydney, 19 and 28 May 2016 Reviewed by Penny Gay, University of Sydney Sport for Jove’s founding director, Damien Ryan, first mounted this production in 2012, and it returned recently for a brief but welcome re-run. Rather than seeing it in an outer Sydney suburb, I […]
The Taming of the Shrew [Poskromienie złośnicy], dir. Katarzyna Deszcz, Stefan Żeromski Theatre in Kielce, Poland. Premiere: 12 April 2014 www.teatr-zeromskiego.com.pl Reviewed by Jacek Fabiszak There is not denying the fact that Shrew in the Western world poses a serious challenge. For a variety of reasons: because it is mysoginistic, because it cannot match the complexity […]
The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of The Shrew Shakespeare by the Sea, Halifax, Canada, 2014 Reviewed by Yolana Wassersug Now in its 21st season, Shakespeare by the Sea is a perennially beloved aspect of summertime in Nova Scotia. The company has performed its site-specific outdoor plays in various historical landmarks around the city, […]
The Taming of the Shrew, dir. Małgorzata Warsicka for Lodz Film School at Studyjny Theatre in Łódź, Poland. January – March 2014. Reviewed by Magdalena Cieślak When the Lodz Film School took up The Taming of the Shrew for their Acting Department diploma performance, it was imperative for me to go and see it. Partly, to compare it […]
The Taming of the Shrew, unknown director, for Jaracza Theatre, Łódź, Poland, 24 October 2013. https://www.teatr-jaracza.lodz.pl/poskromienie.html Review by Agnieszka Rasmus In his review of Michael Bogdanov’s RSC production in 1978, Michael Billington famously wondered “whether there is any reason to revive a play which seems totally offensive to our age and society” (qtd. in Thompson 2003:17). […]
