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Google News: Nothing tame about this Shrew
[Mansfield Chad] - The play is framed by the hilarious tale of drunken tinker Christopher Sly (Nick Holder) who is fooled into thinking he is a lord and sits watching the play within the play, chasing his 'wife' under the sheets between scenes. But the undoubted stars of
Google News: The Taming of the Shrew
[LeftLion] - It all starts off with a bar brawl as drunkard Christopher Sly (played by Nick Holder) is thrown out of a house of ill repute and set upon by a gang of vagrants. Unconscious and heavily under the influence, he is discovered by Lord (played by Adrian
Google News: Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Theatre Royal, by Alan Geary
[This is Nottingham] - Sly is played by Nick Holder as a fat, ghastly and boorish drunk of a bloke, covered in tattoos and given to rear-end flatulence. At one point, for no massively compelling reason, Sly, with buttocks bare, even gets down into the stalls.
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