The Taming of the Shrew (1962 film)

The Taming of the Shrew
Directed by	Alan Burke
Starring	Ron Haddrick
Distributed by	ABC
Release date	1962
Country	Australia
Language	English

The Taming of the Shrew is a 1962 Australian TV play, adapted by Alan Burke from the play by William Shakespeare. It starred Ron Haddrick and Brigid Lenihan.

The play was done live but it included some filmed sequences shot in Centennial Park.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Ron Haddrick as Petruchio
Brigid Lenihan asKatherina
Noel Brophy
Jon Ewing
Judi Farr
Richard Meikle
Don Pascoe
Alec Pucci

References

^ "Shakespeare Play Adapted". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 1962. p. 14.
^ "Conversation with Ruth Page". ABC at Gore Hill. 2005.

External links

The Taming of the Shrew at IMDB

v t e TV productions of Alan Burke
Dramas	A Fourth for Bridge (1957) A Rose Without a Thorn (1958) His Excellency (1958) The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) Misery Me (1959) Wuthering Heights (1959) The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960) Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960) Venus Observed (1960) The Emperor Jones (1960) A Little South of Heaven (1961) The Merchant of Venice (1961) A Night Out (1961) The Taming of the Shrew (1962) My Three Angels (1962) The Young Victoria (1963) A Dead Secret (1963) The Tempest (1963) The Harp in the South (1964) Rusty Bugles (1965) Macbeth (1965) Dark Corridor (1965) The Prowler (1966) Antarctic Four (1966) The Survivor (1972) Redheap (1972) The Cousin from Fiji (1972) A Curate in Bohemia (1972) Dust or Polish? (1972) Halfway to Nowhere (1972) Essington (1974) Hamlet (1974) Ride on Stranger (1979) Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1980) A Toast to Melba (1980) Big Toys (1980) Departmental (1980) The Department (1980) Rusty Bugles (1981) A Hard God (1981) Going Home (1981) Jonah (1982) The Dean Case (1983) The Amorous Dentist (1983) A Halo for Athuan (1984) Kindred Spirits (1984) The Schippan Mystery (1984) Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984) Rooted (1985) After Marcuse (1988) The Alien Years (1988)
Operas	Prima Donna (1959) Rita (1959) Cavalleria rusticana (1959) The Marriage of Figaro (1960) The Medium (1960) The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961) La Boheme (1961) Don Pasquale (1962)
Ballet	The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)
Musicals	Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only) Lola Montez (1962) The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

v t e William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Characters	Kate Petruchio Bianca Minola Christopher Sly
Stage adaptations	The Woman's Prize (c1611) Catharine and Petruchio (1754) Las bravías (1896) Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung (1872) Sly, ovvero La leggenda del dormiente risvegliato (1927) Kiss Me, Kate (1948) The Taming of the Shrew (1953) Ukroshchenye Stroptivoy (1957) Christopher Sly (1963)
Direct adaptations	1908 1929 1962 (TV) 1967 1980 (TV) 1994 (TV)
Other adaptations	Daring Youth (1924) You Made Me Love You (1933) Second Best Bed (1938) The Taming of the Shrew (1942) Enamorada (1946) Kiss Me Kate (1953) Abba Aa Hudugi (1959) Gundamma Katha (1962) Manithan Maravillai (1962) McLintock! (1963) Arivaali (1963) Kiss Me Kate (1968) Pattikada Pattanama (1972) The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980) Nanjundi Kalyana (1989) Banarasi Babu (1997) 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) O Cravo e a Rosa (2000; TV) Deliver Us from Eva (2003) The Taming of the Shrew (2005; TV) Frivolous Wife (2008) 10 Things I Hate About You (2009; TV) Isi Life Mein...! (2010)
Related	The Taming of the Shrew in performance The Taming of the Shrew on screen Shrew (stock character) Vinegar Girl (2016)

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