New View On The Shrew
Our brand new show ‘Naming The View’ is inspired by ‘TheTaming Of The Shrew’, or at least the rather tricky (nowadays anyway) final speech of Kate. Naming The View Poster /Flyer front For anyone unfamiliar with the speech to which I refer, here’s a snippet: “Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance; commits his body to painful labour both by sea and land, to watch the night in storms, the day in cold, whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; and craves no other tribute at thy hands but love, fair looks, and true obedience…….” Ahem! You see the difficulty any 21st century actor faces in delivering this, and particularly now we are in the age of #MeToo. So rather cleverly, not to say beautifully, the one and only Richard Curnow has written a re-imagining of Katherine (Kate), after 30 years of marriage to Petruchio (Pete). Or perhaps I should say 30 years of walk