The Taming of the shrew

Folger bibliographic ID: 264800
Folger call number: DVD 237
Folger holdings ID: 350415

In this Stratford Festival production, The Taming of the Shrew is set in a colourful Italy of the 1950's, with Petruchio as a swaggering leather-jacketed street bandit who roars up to marry Kate on a sporty Lambretta

General notes

DVD Based on the play by William Shakespeare Originally produced as a stage production for the Stratford Festival and broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1988 Special features include: history of the play; interview with Colm Feore; biographies; trailers

Cast

Colm Feore, Goldie Semple, Geraint Wyn Davies, Scott Wentworth

Credits

Music composed by Louis Applebaum ; production design by Debra Hanson

Item information about Folger DVD 237

267049 Gift of José Ramón Díaz Fernández

Extended title: The Taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare ; a CBC production in association with the Stratford Festival of Canada ; directed by Richard Monette ; produced and directed for television by Norman Campbell

Man-woman relationships English drama

associated with: Monette, Richard
associated with: Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004
associated with: Feore, Colm, 1958-
associated with: Semple, Goldie
associated with: Davies, Geraint Wyn, 1957-
associated with: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
associated with: CBC Home Video (Firm)
associated with: Morningstar Entertainment Inc
associated with: Stratford Festival (Ont.)