The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. An (all-male) production of this play (under the title of Katharine and Petruchio) by the officers of the British garrison of the Cape in the African Theatre in February of 1809 marked the first production of a full-length Shakespeare play in South Africa, although the first part of Henry IV had been performed there already in 1801 for the opening of the new venue.

Other English productions have been ***, **,

Presented by the St George's Grammar School, produced by Mary Holder, in the Cathedral Hall, 1943.

A C.A.T. production titled The Shrew was presented in the Concert Hall, Baxter Theatre in 1980, directed by Dawn Lindberg feauturing Michael McGovern, Molly Seftel, Des Lindberg, Roland Stafford, Michael O'Brien, Dawn Lindberg.

Maynardville productions:

See Maynardville and also the Maynardville website at http://www.maynardville.co.za)

In 1984 , directed by John Hussey, with ***;

In 1984 directed by Brian Kennedy, design by Penny Simpson with Dorothy-Ann Gould, Ian Steadman, Shirley Johnston, David Dennis and others.

Shakespeare in translation

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Vasvat van 'n Feeks by Uys Krige *?. An enormously successful and star-studded production of this translation was done in the State Theatre, Pretoria by PACT in 198*, under the direction of Francois Swart.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

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