The Tower Theatre performing in Paris at the Jardin Shakespeare, Pré Catelan, Bois de Boulogne
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Penny Tuerk
Tuesday 4th June at 12.00 Wednesday 5th June at 12.00 and at 7.00 Thursday 6th June at 12.00 and at 7.00
Saturday 8th June at 3.30 and at 7.00 Sunday 9th June at 3.30
Hidden in the Bois de Boulogne, in the Pré Catalan garden, the Théâtre de Verdure du Jardin Shakespeare is one of the most beautiful open-air theatres in the world. The audience sits on a large lawn around which are planted the flowers, trees and plants which are mentioned in five of Shakespeare's plays. Each year since 1992 the Tower Theatre Company has performed Shakespeare in this delightful setting, and the play chosen for 2013 is The Taming of the Shrew.
Théâtre de Verdure, Jardin Shakespeare
Photography by David Sprecher
All the young (and not so young) men in Padua are in love with Bianca, but her father won't allow any of them to woo her until her elder sister Katherina is married. However, no-one is prepared to take on Katherina’s independent spirit and notoriously fiery temper. Then Petruchio arrives in town. He is willing to go to any lengths to secure a rich wife and his attempts to "tame the shrew" form the core of a play rich in traditional, sometimes farcical comedy, which nevertheless poses some awkward questions about the roles of men and women in society. Questions brought nearer home by this production's setting in the rock'n'roll years of the 1950s when new ideas challenged pre-war values.
Théâtre de Verdure, Jardin Shakespeare
The play is presented in English with French sub-titles.
The performances at noon on Tuesday 4th June, Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th June are aimed particularly at
students and school parties.
