Vansadia chose 'The Taming of the Shrew' – one of Shakespeare's highly controversial plays classified by many as misogynistic – where Petruchio plays dirty mind games with his wife, the outspoken Katherine, and succeeds in 'taming' her (the shrew). Then, to shuffle the gender roles even further, he put the female actors in dapper doublets over puffy shorts and boots. "I think the play mirrors the times," says Vansadia, who himself took on the role of the shrew, Katherine. "The focus is not how well a man portrays the woman, but how well a man plays his part," he explains. 'The Taming of the Shrew' will stage on May 8 at Prithvi Theatre, MumbaiVoiced in Shakespearean English with a cast of 12 actors, the play will next travel to Baroda, Delhi and Bengaluru.

Source: dna May 06, 2018 01:41 UTC