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The Taming of the Shrew
2h 36m
Courtship or conquest? The breaking down of a defiant spirit - or a breakthrough that liberates a heart deprived of love? Will you ever see a battle of wills that's fiercer or funnier - or more hotly controversial?
Cast
Peter Hutt
Baptista Minola, a rich citizen of Padua
Deborah Hay
Katherina, his elder daughter
Sarah Afful
Bianca, his younger daughter
Ben Carlson
Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona
Brian Tree
Grumio, his groom
Mike Shara
Hortensio, Petruchio’s friend, suitor to Bianca
Cyrus Lane
Lucentio, a gentleman of Pisa, suitor to Bianca
Tom Rooney
Tranio, Lucentio’s servant
Gordon S. Miller
Biondello, Lucentio’s servant
Michael Spencer-Davis
Gremio, a rich old man, suitor to Bianca
Robert King
Vincentio, Lucentio’s father
John Kirkpatrick
Pedant, from Mantua
Sarah Orenstein
Widow, Hortensio’s wife
Brad Rudy
Curtis, Petruchio’s steward
Thomas Olajide
Nathaniel, Petruchio’s servant
John Kirkpatrick
Philip, Petruchio’s servant
Derek Moran
Joseph, Petruchio’s servant
Xuan Fraser
Nicholas, Petruchio’s servant
Robert King
Peter, Petruchio’s servant
Andrew Robinson
Gregory, Petruchio’s servant
Josue Laboucane
Sugarsop, Petruchio’s servant
Sanjay Talwar
Tailor
Sarah Afful
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Ijeoma Emesowum
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Xuan Fraser
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Deborah Hay
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Peter Hutt
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Robert King
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John Kirkpatrick
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Josue Laboucane
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Cyrus Lane
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Ayrin Mackie
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Gordon S. Miller
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Jennifer Mogbock
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Derek Moran
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Thomas Olajide
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Thomas Olajide
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Andrew Robinson
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Tom Rooney
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Brad Rudy
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Mike Shara
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Sanjay Talwar
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Brian Tree
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Ben Carlson
Christopher Sly
Crew
William Shakespeare
writer
Chris Abraham
directed for the stage
Barry Avrich
directed for film
Julie Fox
designer
Kimberly Purtell
lighting designer
Thomas Ryder Payne
composer and sound designer
John Stead
fight director
Charlotte Gowdy
assistant director
Nancy Anne Perrin
assistant set designer
Mary-Jo Carter Dodd
assistant costume designer
Tristan Tidswell
assistant lighting designer
Geoff Scovell
associate fight director
Brad Rudy
fight captain
Bona Duncan
stage manager
Holly Korhonen
assistant stage manager
Elizabeth McDermott
assistant stage manager
Anne Murphy
assistant stage manager
Katherine Dermott
production assistant
Margaret Palmer
production stage manager
Jeff Scollon
technical director