The Taming OF The Shrew
Louise Gold starred in the title role, as Katherina, at
Nuffield Theatre Southampton, 22 April - 15 May 1993
Prior to the play’s opening, one of the local
newspapers in the area (probably The Southern Evening Echo) interviewed Leading
man Jason Connery during a photo session, at which the ladies of the production
were also present, and
“Judging by banter and teasing from his
female co-stars during the photo session, they have no problem keeping Jason in
his place” Sue Wilkinson (probably Southern Evening Echo), Weekend of
24-25 April 1993
Cast
The Hostess - Nicola Blackman
Christopher Sly
- Clive Flint
The Lord - Bernard Brown
Bartholomew The Page - Richard Karlsson
Lucentio, in love with Bianca - Grant
Parsons
His Servants:
Tranio
- Mac Andrews
Biondello
- Richard Karlsson
Baptista - Philip Lowrie
His Daughters:
Bianca
- Rebecca Lacey
Katherina
- Louise Gold
Suitors to Bianca:
Gremio
- Roy Boutcher
Hortensio
- Martin Ball
Petruchio - Jason Connery
His Servants:
Grumio
- Stephen Bent
Curtis
- Nicola Blackman
A Tailor - Bernard Brown
Vincentio, Lucentio’s Father - Bernard Brown
A Widow - Nicola Blackman
Additional Cast Members: - Helen Plunkett
and Chris Carter
Production Team
Author - William Shakespeare
Original Production – circa
1592-1594, company unknown.
Director/Producer - Patrick Sanderford
Set & Costume Designer - Paul Farnsworth
Lighting Designer - Stephen Watson
Deputy Stage Manager (This production) - Nicola Wingfield
Set Construction - Harris Bros, with Bridge & Staircase by Miraculous
Engineering
Company & Stage Manager (Nuffield Theatre) - Julien Boast
Deputy Stage Manages (Nuffield Theatre) - Nicola Wingfield and Karen
Whitting
Assistant Stage Managers - Helen Plunkett and Chris Carter
Programme Editor - Timothy
Ramsden
The production credits (listed in the programme)
include the following:
“Special Thanks
to Mollie Guilfoyle of The
“The cast were eating Micro-Chefs during this
production supplied by Brooke Bond Foods Ltd”
“With thanks to Manor Bakeries, makers of the Mr
Kipling’s Manor House Cake which is eaten by the cast in each performance”
Leading Lady Louise Gold’s resume in the
programme looks strangely short, and her puppeteering credits are conspicuous
by their absence. You could never even guess from reading this programme that
the actress playing The Shrew, is actually one of the great ladies of British
television puppetry! In many programmes (of the 1980’s and very early 1990’s)
they were simply disguised as ‘voice work’ but in this instance, they
are not there at all.
The dates of this production overlaps with The Lost
Musicals production of Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) in
which Louise was also playing the title role; So some Sunday's found Louise
back in London appearing on the stage of Barbican Cinema 1.
Philip Lowrie had previously
appeared on television in Rita Rudner.
Four years later Louise Gold and the role of The
Shrew crossed paths again, in the New Shakespeare Company's
production of Kiss Me Kate at Regents Park Open
Air Theatre
Programme editor Timothy
Ramsden, went on to review Next Door’s Baby.
Critics Comments
"Her final words on wifely
obedience, so often a stumbling block, here come off remarkably well" Jason Best, THE STAGE, 27 May 1993
"Louise
Gold's transformation as Kate is tinged with mischief." Southern
Evening Echo
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