Word: shrews
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...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...
...Macbeth. 5. Taming of the Shrew...
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...
...Much Ado About Nothing" is by all odds-or most odds anyway-much livelier and much funnier than many of Shakespeare's other comedies, like "The Taming of the Shrew" and "As You Like It," that are produced more frequently. It is surprising that it is so rarely done, and Jane Cowl, riding in on the Harvard Dramatic Club's tailstream, is reported to be readying a production of "Much Ado" for Broadway next season. The play has not appeared in Boston since 1930, when the Stratford-on-Avon players did it and got good notices...
Although no schedule is definite, the Players plan to present "The Women" by Clare Boothe Luce, "Good Theatre" by Christopher Morley, Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," and Shaw's "Candida" in the near future...