Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S2E2: The Taming of the Shrew

Duration: 25'46''

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Synopsis

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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