Themes Of The Taming Of The Shrew
AS A director, you have to be brave to tackle The Taming of the Shrew, which tackles the controversial theme of female submissiveness. The play hTe of the courtship between Petruchio - a gentleman of Verona - and Katherina - the headstrong, obstinate "shrew". Director Rebecca Gould said: "The real joy about directing this production has been listening to the noisy discussion in rehearsal But it was clear that the audience did source necessarily sympathise with her treatment of the subject.
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Kate's final speech often defines the tone of the entire production and in this case, I was not alone in finding it hard to swallow. I have seen other interpretations of this play where her speech has been made ironic and on this occasion, it was as if the audience were waiting for a wink or a roll of the link to show that she was really humouring her husband.
But her speech was sincere, suggesting that she had been successfully tamed into a compliant and obedient bride. That aside, the production did have the audience laughing out loud. It opened on Cardiff's Caroline Street with a stag and hen party bursting on to the stage. Bridie Smith and Serena Lewis were hilarious as two of the "hens".
They switched from slurred Welsh accents into exaggerated Italian accents, helping to establish the setting of the play as s Italy. The pair were like a cross between Tweedledum and Tweedledee and The Cheeky Girls and had the audience in stitches with their rendition of Somebody to Love.
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James Pritchard was also superb as link dapper and charismatic Petruchio. Overall, this was a very funny production, with some beautiful s costumes and brilliant attention to detail in the set. But it was clear that many members of the audience did not enjoy the director's handling of one of the play's key aTming.
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