What is the name of the wife of the character that Stephen Boxer played in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "The Taming of the Shrew"?
Petruchio Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio; ] ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" (c. 1590–1594). Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman named Kate and then proceeds to "tame" her temperamental spirit. The role has attracted notable performers.
Shubert Theatre (Boston) The Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, is located at 263-265 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District. It opened on January 24, 1910 with a production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" starring E.H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe. Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building, which seats approximately 1,600 people. Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond, it was taken over by The Shubert Organization in 1908 after Bond's death.