Please write a 3-5 page paper on theatrical productions of The Taming of the Shrew.  What are the challenges in staging the play in modern times? Consider the changes in casting, setting, and script and what these changes represent.

First–watch on youtube the LATV3 presentation of The Taming of the Shrew.  Compare this production to two productions reviewed by the New York Times: a 1990 production set in the American West and an all-female production from 2016.

Here ar the links–be sure to quote from the reivews and include a Works Cited page at the end.  Paper due at the final exam (or any time before).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccWM8wK2Mo

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/13/theater/review-theater-shakespeare-in-the-wild-west-in-the-park.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/theater/review-petruchio-is-a-woman-and-courtship-is-a-beauty-pageant-in-this-taming-of-the-shrew.html