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First-year theater student Beatrice Brown and third-year theater student Kaiulani Kennealy (left to right) play Petruchio and Katherine in Shayna Warner’s take on “The Taming of the Shrew.” The play is meant to highlight modern gender ideals within lesbian relationships in the late 20th century, Warner said. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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A twist on &#8216;The Taming of the Shrew&#8217; updates examination of gender roles

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Shayna Warner wrote the characters in “The Taming of the Shrew” as women, but she kept the play’s original gender pronouns in the last scene the same.

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A twist on ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ updates examination of gender roles

By Eli Countryman

May 16, 2018 8:34 a.m.