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Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, ?shrewish' Katherina? Perhaps the gold-digging Petruchio, as maddeningly strong willed and perverse as Katherina herself, will be equal to the task of bullying her to the altar. Shakespeare's outrageous comedy introduces one of the theatre's great screwball double-acts, a couple hellbent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to its controversial conclusion.
Performers Jasper Britton, Alexandra Gilbreath, Tom Anderson, Paul Chahidi, Esther Ruth Eliot, Ian Gelder, Christopher Godwin, Christopher Harvey, Daniel Hawksford, Rory Kinnear, John Lightbody, Oliver Maltman, Eve Myles, Bill Nash, Keith Osborn, David Pearl, Nathan Rimell, Nicolas Tennant, Simon Trinder, Beth Vyse.
Author Shakespeare. Producer Bill Kenwright. Producer Thelma Holt. Company Royal Shakespeare Company. Director Gregory Doran. Design Stephen Brimson Lewis. Lighting Tim Mitchell. Music Paul Englishby. Sound Martin Slavin. Choreographer Michael Ashcroft. Director Terry King (fight).