The Taming of the Shrew

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Play From 19 March 2007 to 28 April 2007

Wilton's Music Hall Graces Alley, Off Ensign Street, London, E1 8JB

Shakespeare @ Wiltons presents William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew in a production directed by Nick Hutchison with designs by Annie Gosney and lLighting by Hansjorg Schmidt.

Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew has divided opinion for centuries: is it the story of a feisty young girl brought down to earth by a chauvinist bigot or the passionate love story of two outsiders?

Nick Hutchison is renowned around the world for his productions which provide revealing insights into the world of Shakespeare's characters. This production aims to explore the role-playing, the games and the deceptions of this most theatrical of comedies and to discover what passions lie beneath the facades of its outlandish group of characters.

The cast for this production of The Taming of the Shrew in London features Rachael Stirling as 'Katherine' and Oliver Chris as 'Petruchio' along with Charles Aitken, Clare Barrett, Peter Bramhill, John Conroy, Daniel Goode, Siobhan Hewlett, Ciaran McIntyre, Sam O’Mahony-Adams, Adrian Schiller, Leon Tanner and Philip Voss. Cast subject to change.

Rachael Stirling is probably best known for her role in the TV adaptation of Sarah Water's book Tipping The Velvet. Her theatre work includes roles in productions at the National Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse, Wilton's Music Hall and A Woman of No Importance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Oliver Chris is best known for his role as 'Boyce' in the TV series Green Wing.