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Revision as of 06:28, 28 July 2016
Catharine and Petruchio is a 1756 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew by David Garrick (1717-1779)[1].
The title is sometimes given as Catherine and Petruchio or Katharine and Petruchio in some versions. Also cited as Katharina en Petruchio in the occasional 19th century Dutch newspaper in Cape Town.
See also The Taming of the Shrew
The play
Garrick's version was the most successful adaptation of a number done over the years, and was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in March 1754 and dominated the stage for almost two centuries, with Shakespeare's play not returning until 1844 in England and 1887 in the United States, although Garrick's version was still being performed as late as 1879, when Herbert Beerbohm Tree staged it. Its subblot has been cut and it is not a full length play, hence it was often used as part of an evening's programme.
Productions in South Africa
1818: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa on 21 November by the Gentlemen Amateurs, with the help of four professional actors from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool (en route to Calcutta), led by Mr Cooke. The accompanying pieces were Crochet Lodge (Hurlstone) and a "Divertissement" called Sandy and Jenny, or Love in the Sack (Griffin)
1832: Performed as Catherine and Petruchio, or The Taming of the Shrew on 11 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, with (Shakespeare) as afterpiece to Kenilworth, or The Days of Queen Bess (Scott).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew#Adaptations
Bosman, 1928: p155;
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