Taming of the Shrew, The
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1995 production of The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Gale Edwards with Josie Lawrence as Katherine and Michael Siberry as Petruchio.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2 May 1995
- Duration
- 152 mins
Credits
- Director
- Gale Edwards
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Stephen Warbeck
- Production Design
- Russell Craig
- Costume
- Marie-Jeanne Lecca
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- No period
- Plays
- Taming of the Shrew, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- "Russell Craig’s stage settings and Marie-Jeanne Lecca’s spectacularly bizarre costumes locate the production deep in the realms of a modernish dream-land. Craig fashions this world as a cluster of mobile two-tier towers in heliotrope and purple. From then, the wild mix of fashion styles and a succession of camp surprises characterise the action." Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard 24 April 1995.
- History
- Press night 21 April 1995
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- Holland, Peter Shakespeare Survey 49 (1996), pp 235-67 espec. 255-57.
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Taming of the Shrew, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38227 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)