''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.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p151

Cast

* John Bell as Petruchio *Carole McCready as Bianca * Ron Haddrick as Baptista * John Gaden * Melissa Jaffer as Widow *

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* Robyn Nevin as Barmaid *Tom Farley *

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*Edmund Falzon *Michael Rolfe * John Walton * Drew Forsythe

Production

The ABC announced it in January 1973. It was one of several stage productions recreated by the ABC for television including ''Hamlet''.

Reception

The ''Age'' wrote "why ''Taming'' had to be cheekily rewritten and rendered down into ill-tasting Strinespeare escaped this critic's understanding."

References

External links

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Production details of 1972 Old Tote performance
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