KATHARINA THE CURST: An Ode To Shakespearean Romance That Comes Out Swinging!
With Royal Shakespeare Company shaking things up this past week in the U.K. as it celebrated RSC Fight Week, a new shortfilm is being reintroduced to the public putting an interesting Viking spin inspired by the work of William Shakespeare titled Katharina The Curst. Directed by Darren Westwood, the new shortfilm takes a new approach to a classic scene in Shakespeare’s late 16th century comedy, Taming Of The Shrew, in a Viking setting, starring Emma Carlton and independent filmmaker, editor screenfighting purveyor and actor Robert William Myles. “Because of all the buzz around the action in Shakespeare, we decided now was the right time to launch the film online.” says Myles. “It’s a famous scene from one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays but done in a way no one is likely to have seen before. We were really lucky to get Roger Bartlett, President of the B.A.S.S.C., to choreograph the fights […]