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...only other Jonson comedy will be given by Leverett, also on next Wednesday. The Bunnie Hutch plans a production of "The Alchemist." Lowell House will present Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" on the same night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Risque Comedies Rate Low In Houses' Christmas Plays | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

...field of comedy, however, the Trib players allow themselves to romp with such abandon that the script becomes a contender for the laughter of the audience. The challenge offered by William Shakespeare in "The Taming of the Shrew," for instance, was met on the more or less neutral grounds of Mutual Hall last week and the Trib players won by a technical knockout, a decision with which the audience seemed clearly in accord. Mr. Duvey had rounded up some clever, earthy comedians and they succeeded in making "The Taming of the Shrew" a lot of fun for everyone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 4/27/1948 | See Source »

...Promised Land" is indicative of the type of play the HDC has provided, namely, modern works by English and American authors. Among the plays produced by the Club. are included a musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew," a student written opus called "Close-up," for which Henry Fonda was imported for the lead, and the world premiere of Henry James' "Owen Wingrave...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Celebrates Birthday Number 40 By Production of 'Survivors' | 4/21/1948 | See Source »

...Macbeth. 5. Taming of the Shrew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time Current Affair Test, Oct. 14, 1946 | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

Last week she was a fluttery French ingenue, an English schoolgirl, a Southern belle, a young bride, a cackling 85-year-old murderess, an Irish landlady, a Mexican shrew, a neurotic. She was also rehearsing her normal voice for a new role in Herbert Marshall's The Man Called X (NBC, Tues. 10 p.m., E.D.S.T...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Vocal Varieties | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

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