The Taming of the Shrew (2006)
by William Shakespeare
Rachel Kavanaugh directed this 2006 production of The Taming of the Shrew, which featured Sheridan Smith as Bianca and Sirine Saba as Katherina.
Kavanaugh decided to set the production in the late 1930s/early 1940s, as well as to cut the framing story about Christopher Sly as a means of emphasising that Katherina and Petruchio really do fall in love.
The cast
Dominic Marsh
Lucentio
Timothy Kightley
Baptista Minola
Sirine Saba
Katherina
John Hodgkinson
Petruchio
Gerard Carey
Grumio
James Bisp
Servant/Haberdasher
Selina Chilton
Servant
Haley Flaherty
Servant
Helen Owen
Servant
Martin McCarthy
Servant
David Burrows
Tailor
Stuart Nurse
Pedant of Mantua
Michael Medwin
Vincentio
David Partridge
Tranio
Sheridan Smith
Bianca
Andrew Melville
Gremio
James Wallace
Hortensio
Leo Conville
Biondello
Thomas Aldridge
Curtis
Matt Dempsey
Servant
Billie-Claire Wright
Widow
Creative team
Rachel Kavanaugh
Director
Kit Surrey
Designer
Terry Davies
Composer
Jason Taylor
Lighting Designer
Terry King
Fight Director
Mel Churcher
Voice Coach
Movement
Jenny Arnold
Sound Designer
Colin Pink
Assistant Director
Robert Cameron