The way he stood up SO FAST to take Petruchia's hand, I SCREAMED. the guy they casted for Katherine is such a cutie! ahh I love, love, lovE this version!!

Ugh, I wish I could see this production in person, it looks incredible!

Probably one of the best ever Shakespeare adaptations I've ever seen

Oh, I am waiting, waiting with breath bated, for the internet to find this one...oh, to see the full production...the famous tale of a boy named Kate and a girl named Pertuccia. Brilliant.

Watched it in Barbican. Absolutely marvellous. Brilliant directing, fantastic mis-en-scenes, lots of laughs. Claire Price is incomparable. Sophie Stanton - virtuoso performance.

I got to see this very cast live in Stratford in 2019. It was unbelievable!

Thank you so much for this! I saw the telecast here in Florida and the gender-swap made me hear shadings of the text I'd never considered before. This was also my first introduction to Claire Price, who is just spectacular in this role, and was also excellent in the extraordinary production of "Measure for Measure" later this past summer. Now I have a clip to share!

Loved watching this production in Stratford with the RSC summer school! Got to have a go at playing Kate in this scene in one of the workshops, and then was fascinating to hear from joe arkley in another workshop what it’s like playing the role! If you’re not a fan of this play, this production will show you that it is a play that can still be enjoyed

Seen it once, and coming back for more soon, loved it. Ah I thought we were going to get Sophie Stanton's superb 'glide' in its full glory then, but you can just see a glimpse at 6.47 - 6.49 in ;)

I would have loved to see this production. Utterly brilliant performance by Claire Price!

My favourite ever production of Shrew! Brilliant concept 😁

Just been to see this tonight... Thank you so much for coming to Nottingham RSC... it was blooming great...

Such a brilliant take

One of the best comedy of I have ever seen

WOW SHIT IM TOTALLY MINDBLOWN the tone and delivery is well suited according to the characters' gender and state of mind (especially pertruchia) the adaptation itself its just crazy like props to whoever that thought of this idea (not only it brings a new perspective to gender stereotypes, but also to the fact that reversing the power dynamics of two genders while keeping the era constant) and also notice the slight details and changes to the lines to suit the gender bend (7:00 swearing jack to swearing jill as the female version, although I am not completely sure whether jill had the same meaning at the time, but for a present audience thats completely fine)

All in the word-play delivered without peer. And those costumes, looks fantastic.

Very interesting and impressive interpretation

Lovely costumes!!!

I'll kiss you, Petruchia, What an absolute poppet.

I LOVE THIS!

Christian Bale has blown me away with his Shakespeare skills.

Taming of the shrew? They should probably rename it Taming of the Beast.

I loved every second of this pay

It’s alright

THANK YOU for a longer clip!! Not sure if this straightforward gender swap *without* changing the (male) names makes much sense, though... Something more clever should be done with it.

Garbage. The repartee between the two doesn't even make sense. They should update the title so people know not to click on it.

Very late for this lol Looks fantastic, clearly got the right the actors though, this concept fails badly in the wrong hands. The only other thing I’ve seen Claire Price in was Poirot 😳I was NOT expecting this, she’s absolutely incredible 👏🏽

why does England have to be so far away??!?! :(

Comments are lovely at the top but all hate at the bottom... let me explain for those hating on this play. The ONLY thing they changed in this play was the genders of the characters, otherwise the entire play is line for line. People love the original play but when the roles are reversed everyone begins to scream about feminism, wokeness, and the liberal agenda. No. If you were fine with the original and hate this one because it's suddenly men in an abusive situation, the problem is not the feminists or the liberals, its the people who are okay with abuse of women both in the past and today, but shocked and furious about the STAGED portrayal of men in women's positions. Anyway, rant over, 1000000/10 to the cast and crew!!!🙌🙌🙌

INcredible.

love what the greeks used to do

Anyone know a site where I can watch the full performance of this version ? I'll pay.

Now this is my second favorite Petruchio/a, the first being the John Cleese's performance in the 80's

i don't get it- y did they swap bodies or ID? shakespeare didn't plan this

Now that is the real version of Taming of the Shrew

Is there a way to watch this online?

i really love productions like this, it's a shame that some people don't like them simply because they dare to be different. i think reimaginings are a thought-provoking way to bring shakespeare into the modern age, 'wokeness' has nothing to do with it.

Why MaleKate look like Christian Bale though lmao

I’m so confused 😭 what the flip are they saying

wooaahhhhhh

Feminist director, perchance?

Getting a bit close to the Globe eh ? wow. Role-reversal

The gender roles being switched makes the play feel unatural... still a great performance though

I am so confused. Are ... did they swap lines? Catherine is a man's name. And the woman is talking as if she is a man, and the man as if he's a woman. Damn now I remember why I loath Shakespeare and the theatre in general. This is obnoxiously confusing. Edit: Ok having watched it twice I'm none the wiser. Although given it's some English thing I'm surprised everyone isn't black, they usually don't allow anyone with light skin on stages anymore.

They switched the gender/sex around - in case any students are confused as to why it seems off script - plot, and words are the same

Afraid this unimaginative swap of the sexes made any number of the jokes fall flat. The other ones fell flat from flat acting.

Don’t like this production It feels like it’s doing little to address or subverts the play’s issues Changing the gender doesn’t suddenly make all that go away

Thankful the Bard himself cannot see this.

The hell did I just watch?

Oh no. It is a venal sin to add new words to Shakespeare. All else is allowed.

So confused

What's that? The "Woketard", "Femtard" version?

Strikes me as being exceedingly silly, well performed though it may be.

No I'm sorry call me old fashioned but this is not the way the play was written. Though I'll say the acting itself seems very good. To have the gender reversal just doesn't work for me. If one wants to write a play similar where they're two brothers wooed instead of two sisters, that's perfectly fine, but not the Shakespeare play. And why is the man STILL called Kate? Of course there are going to be the woke crowd who feel obligated to call this "refreshing" and a "modern adaptation." Yes the original play was misogynist, but this isn't the solution. History is history, present is present.

WTF?! If you become weary of perfection, seek to alter elsewhere...

Oh dear! Prefer the original versions. Can not take to this PC version. 😏

Gender swapping roles like this is a cheap and glib piece of virtue signalling - Shakespeare is meaningful and timeless enough not to need such trite treatments.

I'm not feelin' it. "Kate" is not shrewish. At best he (she?) is mulish.

The gender swap totally threw me off guard. Is this a thing they're doing in plays now?

Why the gender shift? What is gained? What is the point?

No, it's - women are made to bear and so are you - it's a reference to child birth - geddit? Personally, I've met lots of blokes called Kate - how come she's Petrucchia but he's not Kevin? Emperors and new clothes come to mind.

Just seen this at Nottingham ... It was ok but with the gender swapping and the political correctness tick box ... it was a bit much .. although I will say Claire Price was amazing as Petruchia

Oh please! let’s change Shakespeare to support feminism! Must appease those offended by everything

Outstanding performances, but I'm not into gimmicks, and some of the dialogue doesn't interpret very well into gender swapping. I prefer my Shakespeare done with its biology intact.

It always felt flat and cringy

This is cringe, it is just the truth darlings

I was waiting for Petruchio and Kate, not for "a girl besting male violence" and all this bullshitting. Poor Shakespeare. He lived in a age better than ours.

It is no less lecherous and disgusting when swapped

This is disgusting.

Good actors but the gender swap just doesn't work