Publisher, Audio Partners (March 2005)

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Recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company

In this comedy, a rich Paduan gentleman refuses to marry off his younger daughter until a husband is found for her insufferable older sister, Kate. She doesn't scare Petruchio, who vows to win her on terms that will change her ill-tempered ways for good.

Cast Information:

Kate - Frances Barber
Petruchio - Roger Allam
Lucentio - Alan Cox
Tranio - Clarence Smith
Hortensio - Charles Simpson
Baptista - Sean Baker
Gremio - John Hollis
Bianca - Elizabeth Anne O'Brien
Grumio - Michael Higgs
Vincentio - Keith Drinkel
Pedant - Michael Deacon
Widow - Jenny Howe
Biondello - Richard Pearce
Tailor - Robert Morgan
Curtis - Max Digby

About the Creative Director Clive Brill graduated from Oxford University and then joined the BBC where he worked for 12 years as director, producer, and commissioning editor. In 1996, he left the BBC to develop and direct the Arkangel Shakespeare project. He directed all 38 plays, which star many of today's finest actors. He is a co-director of Pacificus Productions in London, which produces drama across all media.

The Arkangel Complete Shakespeare is one of the most ambitious undertakings in recent recording history. All thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, uncut, fully-dramatized and accompanied by original music, are brought to life by the voices of many of the most distinguished actors presently performing in British Film and Theatre.