The Taming of the Shrew review " RSC's battle of reversed sexes
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Gender-swapped roles turn this courtship power game into a strange puzzle " although the trick plays dividends with its gleeful subplots You can understand the urge to rethink Shakespeare's problematic comedy. Jo Clifford's recent radical adaptation at the Sherman, Cardiff, is quickly followed by Justin Audibert's similarly gender-flipped RSC production in which the sex…