Page to Stage: Taming of the Shrew - CBC Radio Ideas Series 2024

This is a discussion of gender roles in The Taming of the Shrew. It is an excerpt of the CBC broadcast "Liberate Your Mind: Gender and Shakespeare," which is part of the episode of CBC Radio's Ideas series that was aired on February 20, 2024.
English professor Alexa Alice Joubin says: "The beauty of imaginative literature, especially Shakespeare, is a lesson in ambiguity. Unfortunately, people embrace that less and less, and I've often told my students that's a huge problem, especially when you approach imaginative literature with literal mindedness - you're not willing or able to liberate your mind."
From the Stratford Festival, IDEAS producer Philip Coulter moderates a discussion about the slippery process of interpreting Shakespeare. Panelists Jyotsna Singh, Alexa Alice Joubin and actors Maev Beaty and Graham Abbey, along with director Jonathan Goad examine the minefields of sex and gender.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada