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An adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by [[Charles Marowitz]]. The  acclaimed 1975 production was performed at The Studio in the Sydney Opera House. Refashioned as a gothic tale, the adaptation removed all the comedy, and instead concentrated on examining the themes of sadism and brain washing. Petruchio was played as a savage and vicious misogynist, who rapes and beats Katherina (Elaine Hudson), ultimately driving her mad. At the end of the play, as Katherina delivers her speech, she does so as if she has learned it, without any emotion or inflection. In this version, the happy ending of Shakespeare's play thus takes on a disturbing irony. Due to the extreme nature of the performance, the play divided critics, but those who did enjoy it celebrated it as a genuinely original and relevant treatment of a difficult Shakespeare text.
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An adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by [[Charles Marowitz]]. The  acclaimed 1975 production was performed at The Studio in the Sydney Opera House. Refashioned as a gothic tale, the adaptation removed all the comedy, and instead concentrated on examining the themes of sadism and brain washing, with a misogynistic Petruchio raping and beating Katherina and driving her mad. The play divided critics, though many celebrated it as a genuinely original and relevant treatment of a difficult Shakespeare text.
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz
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Revision as of 08:11, 7 January 2014

An adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew by Charles Marowitz. The acclaimed 1975 production was performed at The Studio in the Sydney Opera House. Refashioned as a gothic tale, the adaptation removed all the comedy, and instead concentrated on examining the themes of sadism and brain washing, with a misogynistic Petruchio raping and beating Katherina and driving her mad. The play divided critics, though many celebrated it as a genuinely original and relevant treatment of a difficult Shakespeare text.

Performance history in South Africa

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to B in Plays I Original SA Plays

Return to B in Plays II Foreign Plays

Return to B in Plays III Collections

Return to B in Plays IV: Festivals and Pageants


Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page