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An all-female cast performs Shakespeare's outrageous comedy The Taming of the Shrew at the Globe Theatre. In the Bard's celebrated battle of the sexes play, two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off - with two competing suitors striving to gain the hand of the beautiful Bianca. But what will become of the wild, ungovernable, 'shrewish' Katherina? The contrasting sisters' father will not allow Bianca to date until her older sister also starts dating. Perhaps the gold-digging Petruchio - as maddeningly strong-willed and perverse as Katherina herself - will be equal to the task of succeeding where all others have failed and bully her to the altar. Audiences have delighted through the ages as these two hot-tempered livewires battle to confuse and outwit each other right up to the play's controversial conclusion. This small-scale touring production of The Taming of the Shrew should compliment the Rose Theatre Kingston's all-male cast of the same play earlier in the year.
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DATES 24th May to 12th October 2013
VENUE Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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VENUE Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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VENUE Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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VENUE Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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VENUE Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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