British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database
The Taming of the Shrew (1993): Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
PRINCIPAL CAST (first run): Jason Connery (Petruchio); Louise Gold (Bianca); Rebecca Lacey (Katherina); Philip Lowrie (Baptista). Richard Karlsson appeared in this production with the first cast.
PRINCIPAL CAST (second run): Sorel Johnson (Bianca); Philip Lowrie (Baptista); Joanna Monro (Katherina); Granville Saxton (Petruchio). Pal Aron appeared in this production with the second cast, replacing Richard Karlsson as Biondello and Bartholomew.
This production played from 22 April - 15 May 1993 and was brought back "by public demand for one week only" (according to the advertising leaflet) from 1 - 6 November 1993. After this, the second company travelled to Rouen, France to perform at the Theatre des Deux Rives and "seven major French regional theatres" (according to the programme slip preserved in the V&A Theatre Museum collection).
Do you have anything to add to this page?
Pe People involved in this production
- British Black and Asian Shakespeare Database by the University of Warwick, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 2012-2015, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See full copyright statement.