WOOING and wedding, music and masquerading will abound when the acclaimed all-male Festival Players return to two beautiful Gwent settings with their 26th UK touring Shakespeare production of the Bard ‘s brilliant comedy, The Taming of the Shrew.
Feisty female creation Katharina - with her scolding tongue and fiery temper (a role played by the late Elizabeth Taylor in the 1965 Franco Zefferelli film) and the inspiration for Cole Porter ‘s famous musical Kiss Me Kate - and her mad-cap suitor, Petruchio, lead the action in this great play of farcical impediments, impersonation, and impassioned love.
Welcome to the colourful world of sunny Padua in what promises to be a fun-packed, energetic, and inventive production of a perennial favourite.
It comes to the Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre on Friday, July 15 (01633 422656 or 01633 430271).
And Raglan Castle will be the venue on Wednesday, August 17 (01873 853254).
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