The Taming of the Shrew, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow

Star rating:** Many of the great Shakespeare plays lend themselves to unlimited interpretations - The Taming of the Shrew is not one of them. Its plot is driven not by any universal human emotion such as love, ambition or jealousy, but by a situation that has no direct parallel in modern society. Of course, women are still sold to the highest bidder in some parts of the world, and abused all over it, but such situations are stubbornly resistant to comic treatment.