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Emma Rice is doing The Taming of the Shrew in her first season at the Globe:
Featuring an all Irish company, the production marks the centenary of the Easter Rising by revisiting 1916 Ireland and remembering the role of women in the fight for independence. Encapsulating the rebellious spirit, Katherine will be played by Kathy Rose O’Brien, and Edward MacLiam will play Petruchio.
http://blog.shakespearesglobe.com/post/142685277148/the-taming-of-the-shrew-casting-news-were
…I guess that is…a thing that you could do? I'm not sure I think it makes a whole lot of sense, but it is a thing that you could do. (It seems reasonable enough to mark the centenary with an all-Irish company; I just don't get trying to make The Taming of the Shrew some kind of commentary on the Easter Rising.)
Featuring an all Irish company, the production marks the centenary of the Easter Rising by revisiting 1916 Ireland and remembering the role of women in the fight for independence. Encapsulating the rebellious spirit, Katherine will be played by Kathy Rose O’Brien, and Edward MacLiam will play Petruchio.
http://blog.shakespearesglobe.com/post/142685277148/the-taming-of-the-shrew-casting-news-were
…I guess that is…a thing that you could do? I'm not sure I think it makes a whole lot of sense, but it is a thing that you could do. (It seems reasonable enough to mark the centenary with an all-Irish company; I just don't get trying to make The Taming of the Shrew some kind of commentary on the Easter Rising.)