Was Elizabeth Taylor the shrewdest “shrew” of them all?

[Shrew2]

Posted: 2/25/15 at 11:31pm

So many great actresses have brought Shakespeare’s Kate to life on the stage, including the most celebrated performer of them all, Meryl Streep.

If we were to hand out an award for the shrewdest Kate of them all, who would take home the prize? This is where theater fails us, for a live performance always disappears into the mists of time if it isn’t recorded. Thank heavens then for the stage’s upstart cousins, film and television.

Run your eyes over the following and ponder who had the most hellish courtship?

• Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks – 1929 – directed by Sam Taylor
• Lisa Kirk and Charlton Heston – 1950 – directed by Paul Nickell
• Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton – 1967 – directed by Franco Zeffirelli
• Sarah Badel and John Cleese – 1980 – directed by Jonathan Miller
• Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger in "10 Things I Hate About You"– 1999 – directed by Gil Junger

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[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/25/15 at 11:33pm

*I* think this would have gone well in your shrew thread from the other day.