I am here today to tell you about my latest production "The Sparky Brothers." This action packed, fun filled, entertaining play is a modern interpretation of "The Taming of the Shrew" by that well-renowned man, William Shakespeare. "The Taming of the Shrew" is a story of comical love set in Padua. It discusses the 16th century attitude to love, courtship and marriage. The play represents the then-conventional view that a woman should sacrifice her individuality in submission to her husband. In addition illustrating how males dominated society and how they had power over women.

"The Taming of the Shrew" is a play that comes from an age that is different to our own. The values of the characters in the play strike us because they are at conflict with what we perceive to be right. The way Petruccio behaves with Katerina is typical of the 16th century. Petruccio...