Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Simon Paisley Day (Petruchio), Samantha Spiro (Katherina), Michael Bertenshaw (Gremio), Pearce Quigley (Grumio), Joseph Timms (Lucentio), Helen Weir (the Widow), Sarah MacRae (Bianca), Pip Donaghy (Baptista Minola), Tom Anderson, David Beames, Jamie Beamish, Patrick Driver, Tom Godwin, Christopher Keegan, Rick Warden

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Globe Theatre
Director: Toby Frow
Design: Mike Britton
Music: Richard Hammarton