Woman's Prize, or the Tamer Tamed

About this recording

John Fletcher's comedy (probably written and performed around 1611) is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in which, as the title suggests, the tamer will be tamed. Petruchio, the shrew-tamer, has been widowed, and marries a second wife, Maria, a "chaste witty lady." At the instigation of her cousin Bianca, and with the fellowship of her sister Livia, Maria decides to go on strike for equal rights, refusing to behave as a proper 17th century wife. Fletcher's play addresses the issue of men and women's roles within marriage, a controversial issue for his day. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Cast

Narrator/Bianca: Elizabeth Klett

Moroso: Leonard Wilson

Tranio: mb

Sophocles: DublinGothic

Jaques: Cliff Thompson

Rowland: Libby Gohn

Livia: Charlotte Duckett

Maria: Arielle Lipshaw

Petruchio: Kevin Green

Petronius: Algy Pug

Pedro: Timothy Ferguson

First Maid/Country Wife/Doctor: Caprisha Page

Second Maid/City Wife/Second Watch: Amanda Friday

Third Maid/First Watch/Servant: Grace Garrett

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

• Comedy