Taming of the Shrew, The

Synopsis: San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre commedia dell’arte production with Fredi Olster as Katherina and Marc Singer as Petruchio. Recorded before a live audience.
Series: Theatre in America
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2004
Transmission details: 10 Nov 1976 at 21:00 (Channel: PBS)
Duration: 82 mins

General: `The production does nevertheless show traces of Hollywood influence. ‘Mickey Mouse’ sound effects - horns, triangles, clackers, cymbals, gongs, slide whistles (and what else?) - punctuating pratfalls and words. And by envisioning the strolling players performing for Christopher Sly as a commedia dell’arte troupe, the director unites that lost stage tradition with slapstick of the silent era’. Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle H. Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: an International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), entry 602.
History: The first transmission included an interview by Harold Cluman with the director, William Ball.
Reviews: Reviewed by Edward T. Jones in Shakespeare on Film Newsletter, vol 2, no. 1, December 1977, p 4, 5

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