Derby theatreIt's rare to see The Taming of the Shrew performed without any shade of irony. Directors either include the framing device of the tinker's dream, which has the effect of placing the action within giant quotation marks; or else Katherine's final speech about fealty to one's husband is undercut with such knowing insincerity that the inverted commas are apparent anyway. Pete Meakin allows the play to speak …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PM on February 13, 2012