CapShak 2010

Capitol Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, performances are set for July 21-25th starting at 6:30 p.m. on the capitol grounds. Please join us for Family Day on July 24th at 3:30 p.m. We will have a variety of vendors including food and drinks.

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved and well-known comedies, it has been adapted many times for plays, movies and TV sitcom plotlines. Some of the most well-known adaptations are the musical Kiss Me, Kate and the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. 

This play revolves around the Katharine, who is the eldest daughter of Baptista Minola.  Katherine refuses to be married off to a man simply because her father has decreed she should.  Katherine’s younger sister Bianca wants to marry but cannot until her older sister marries due to another decree from their father.  Bianca’s suitors Gremio and Hortensio conspire together to find a husband for Katherine.  Hortensio’s friend Petruchio comes to town at just the right time and says he will “woo the wild cat.”  Thus the trouble begins.

Meanwhile, a new suitor throws himself into the group to court Bianca, he is a nobleman of Pisa named Lucentio.  Lucentio and Hortensio disguise themselves as teachers in order to spend more time with Bianca. During all this, Petruchio and Katherine marry, in a very eventful ceremony, and he takes her home to Verona.

Will Bianca marry her true love and will Katherine truly be “tamed?”  Come and see for yourself this summer!