Is that the version of The Taming of the Shrew that had Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the lead roles?
Yes, which is why it was so amusing, to me, at any rate. I saw a traditional production once at the Barbican in London, and walked out at the end wanting to choke Petruchio on his own rhetoric. It wasn't the actor's fault, just that unless they make a farce out of it, this 21st century woman can't deal with that quantity of sexism in only three hours [wry g].
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Date: 2007-09-18 04:05 am (UTC)Yes, which is why it was so amusing, to me, at any rate. I saw a traditional production once at the Barbican in London, and walked out at the end wanting to choke Petruchio on his own rhetoric. It wasn't the actor's fault, just that unless they make a farce out of it, this 21st century woman can't deal with that quantity of sexism in only three hours [wry g].