The outdoor production opens the Old Globe's 2022 Summer Shakespeare Festival
Ever since the Harvey Weinstein-#MeToo firestorm erupted in 2017, William Shakespeare’s early comedy “The Taming of the Shrew” has been mostly resigned to the theatrical dustbin by many theaters because of its misogynistic title and plot.
Old Globe artistic director Barry Edelstein saw the 2018 staging and was so astonished by Cooper’s vision that he hired her to re-create it on a much larger scale at the Globe in 2020. The pandemic has delayed the production until now. Edelstein said he thinks San Diego audiences will love Cooper’s “fresh, modern and wildly energetic” take on the 1590-era comedy.
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