Mairie de Paris

You can contact us at towertheatre.paris@gmail.com

Prices : 20 euro
15 euro concessions/members
12 euro children under 14








Petruchio
Shane Sweeney
Petruchio

 

Katherina
Anna Fiorentini
Katherina

Baptista
Ian Grant
Baptista

 

Bianca
Elizabeth Kingsman Smith
Bianca

Hortensio
Lindsay Fletcher
Hortensio

 

Grumio / Vincentio
Daniel Watson
Grumio / Vincentio

Lucentio
Daniel Bogod
Lucentio

 

Tranio
Martin Shaw
Tranio

Biondello
Peter Novis
Biondello

 

Gremio
John Morton
Gremio

Merchant
Christopher Yates
Merchant

 

Curtis / The Widow
Anna Whitelock
Curtis / The Widow

Sponsored by
Novotel Les Halles
Novotel Paris
Les Halles

 

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.

Jardin Shakespeare
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.

Jardin Shakespeare
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.



Photography by David Sprecher