This 'Shrew' has many fine elements but ultimately they don't coalesce A recent Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated that 2.1 million people in the UK had been victims of domestic abuse in the year ending March 2023. So it makes sense that director Jude Christian has addressed this tricky, troubling Shakespeare play by amplifying the genuine trauma caused by Petruchio's "taming" of his wife Katharina.
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:02AM on June 19, 2024