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The Taming of the Shrew

By:
William Shakespeare, adapted by Pete Meakin, who also directs
Management:
Derby Live
Cast:
Sean O'Callaghan, Lizzie Winkler, Sam Phillips, Richard Kent, Pete Dunwell, Richard David Caine, Robin Bowerman, Perdita Avery
Design:
Patrick Connellan
Sound:
Adam McCready
Lighting:
Chris Ellis

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Pete Meakin tackles the problematic ending of the Shrew full on, inviting an open-mouthed audience to view Kate's capitulation to Petruchio in a very different light. It's a daring interpretation and it works superbly. There she is after the wager, sunk in a lavish heap of crinoline and stuffing banknotes into her mouth, to the applause of the men and the horror of the women. This is a woman behaving very badly indeed...

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