Video

The Taming of the shrew [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Taming of the shrew. Film and video adaptations. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Added Author). Monette, Richard. (Added Author). Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004 (Added Author). Czerny, Henry. (Added Author). Feore, Colm. (Added Author). Semple, Goldie. (Added Author). CBC Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (Added Author). Stratford Festival (Ont.) (Added Author). Henry Czerny as Lucentio, Keith Dinicol as Grumio, Colm Feore as Petruchio, Goldie Semple as Katherina, Scott Wentworth as Tranio and Geraint Wyn Davies as Hortensio. (Cast).

Summary:

"Despite complaints that that's [sic] it the most chauvinistic play ever written, The Taming of The Shrew continues after 400 years to be one of Shakespeare's biggest crowd-pleasers. Richard Monette's rollicking Stratford treatment is set in a colourful Italy of the 1950's. Colm Feore depicts Petruchio as a swaggering leather-jacketed street bandit who roars up to marry Kateon a sporty Lambretts. As raucous and rousing as an Italian wine festival, Shakespeare's favourite battle of the sexes has turned into a party where wits and willpower do contest, but the final victor is a belly-laugh."--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 1552593185
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Publisher: [Toronto] : CBC Home Video ; c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Videodisc release of the filmed for television Stratford Festival production of the play which aired on CBC in 1988. Special features: Interview with Colm Feore ; history of the play ; biographies ; CBC trailers ; Stratford Festival Weblink ; motion menus ; scene selection.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	CBC production in association with the Stratford Festival of Canada ; produced by Norman Campbell ; directed by Norman Campbell and Richard Monette.
Participant or Performer Note:	Henry Czerny as Lucentio, Keith Dinicol as Grumio, Colm Feore as Petruchio, Goldie Semple as Katherina, Scott Wentworth as Tranio and Geraint Wyn Davies as Hortensio.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.