Joan Davies Joan Davies appeared as a Widow in the 1982 production of The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Richard Digby Day. She returned to appear in the 1983 musical Bashville. Plays and roles The Admirable Bashville (1982) Adelaide Gisborne The Taming of the Shrew (1982) A Widow A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) Singer Bashville (1983) Adelaide Gisborne