Shakespeare in Performance: Film
The Taming of the Shrew (1923, Edwin J. Collins)
Title | The Taming of the Shrew |
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Year | 1923 |
Release Locations | GB |
Director | Edwin J. Collins |
Medium | Black & white video |
Length | 20 mins |
Audience | general public |
Play Connections | The Taming of the Shrew (abridgment) |
Series | Gems of Literature Series |
Description
A skeletonized British adaptation of Shrew. In a stock device of the period, each actor is introduced individually in portrait style at the beginning of the picture, which makes for a marvelous opportunity to verify the cast list and credits
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
Katherina | Mdlle. Dacia |
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Bianca | Cynthia Murtagh |
Baptista | Gray Murray |
Lucentio | Ray Beard |
Petruchio | Lauderdale Maitland |
Gremio | Somers Bellamy |
Production Team and Crew Overview
Director | Edwin J. Collins |
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Producer | Edward Godal |
Adaptor/Translator | Eliot Stannard |
Photography | Arthur Kingston |
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell