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The Taming of the Shrew (1973 film)
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1973 Australian TV screening of the Old Tote production of the play by William Shakespeare, relocated to an unnamed town in New South Wales at the turn of the twentieth century.[3][4]
| The Taming of the Shrew | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robin Lovejoy[1] Donald Zweck |
| Based on | play by William Shakespeare |
| Starring | John Bell Carole McCready Ron Haddrick John Gaden Melissa Jaffer |
Production company | ABC |
Release dates | 25 January 1973 (Sydney) 6 March 1973 (Melbourne) |
Running time | 120 mins[2] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Cast edit
- John Bell as Petruchio
- Carole McCready as Bianca
- Ron Haddrick as Baptista
- John Gaden
- Melissa Jaffer as Widow
- Martin Vaughan
- Robyn Nevin as Barmaid
- Tom Farley
- Gil Tucker
- Edmund Falzon
- Michael Rolfe
- John Walton
- Drew Forsythe
Production edit
The ABC announced it in January 1973.[5] It was one of several stage productions recreated by the ABC for television including Hamlet.
Reception edit
The Age wrote "why Taming had to be cheekily rewritten and rendered down into ill-tasting Strinespeare escaped this critic's understanding."[6]
References edit
- ^ "'Shrew' modern and Australian". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 22 January 1973. p. 1.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 January 1973. p. 12.
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p151
- ^ Elizabeth Schafer, "Reconciliation Shakespeare?: Aboriginal presence in Australian Shakespeare Production", in Elizabeth Schafer and Susan Bradley Smith (eds.), Playing Australia: Australian Theatre and the International Stage (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2003), 64
- ^ "So what's new for 1973?". The Age TV Guide. 18 January 1973. p. 2.
- ^ Pinkney, John (9 March 1973). "Now the bard's broken enter Strinespeare". The Age. p. 2.