ateolf | The Taming of the Bull

In the afternoon Mary Beth and I went out to see The Taming of the Shrew put on by the Tennessee Shakespeare Company. They cut the original framing story ("the induction") and replaced it with their own framing story, with it taking place as a radio broadcast during wwii. It was good, not a perfect play but it has some choice dialogue. Sometimes the acting could be a bit broad, though I did find the Groucho impersonation by Petrucio during the wedding-ish scene to be pretty appropriate. My favorite thing about this production's setting was that there was a foley table for the sound effects. I will always love a foley table! (Funny and appropriately enough, I had just typed "folio" instead of "foley" twice and had to sit a second with something feeling off before I realized my mistake!) After getting back home we picked up some Huey's and chomped while watching Bull Durham, never seen it before and it was pretty good. I completely overstuffed myself on food. Then, I wanted to round off the "Shrew" experience and so before bed I read aloud the "induction" to Mary Beth (as well as the other little bit(s) with Christopher Sly).