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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

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Shakespeare's plays are animated in a variety of ways and voiced by well-known actors

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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: The Taming of the Shrew

15/05/2006

The Taming of the Shrew

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Shakespeare's witty battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation.

Shakespeare's witty and fast-moving comic battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation. 

Headstrong Kate and domineering Petruchio seem an unlikely pairing, just one aspect of a play about change and the magical transformations that theatre can produce.

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