Editing Kiss Me, Kate (section)

===1970 London and 1987 UK revivals===
A London revival opened in December 1970 at the London Coliseum, in a production by the [[Sadler's Wells Opera]]. The cast featured [[Emile Belcourt]] (Petruchio), Judith Bruce, [[Eric Shilling]], Ann Howard (Kate), Francis Egerton and Robert Lloyd, with direction by [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]] and choreography by Sheila O'Neill. Coe did a translation for British audiences, including having "a tea wagon", and included "traditional English music hall jokes".<ref>Lewis, Anthony. "Sadler's Wells Scores Triumph With ''Kiss Me, Kate'' in London", ''The New York Times'', December 26, 1970, p. 10</ref> This revival had a "brief run", according to the ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre''.<ref>[[Stanley Green (historian)|Green, Stanley]].[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWIRAljCR7oC&pg=PA237 ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre''], Da Capo Press, 1980, {{ISBN|0-306-80113-2}}, p. 237</ref><!--(more information necessary, this production is something of a black hole on the Internet.)--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus70.htm|title=Musicals – 1970s|access-date=2010-08-12|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803031242/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus70.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] staged a production which opened at the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], on February 10, 1987,<ref>[http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/kis198702-kiss-me-kate RSC Performances Kiss Me Kate, Stratford-upon-Avon], retrieved January 1, 2019</ref> toured the UK from March to May,<ref>[http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/kis198703-kiss-me-kate RSC Performances Kiss Me Kate, UK Tour], retrieved January 1, 2019</ref> and then played at London's [[Old Vic Theatre]] from May 19, 1987.<ref>[http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/kis198705-kiss-me-kate RSC Performances Kiss Me Kate, Old Vic], retrieved January 1, 2019</ref> Directed by [[Adrian Noble]] and staged by [[Ron Field]], the production starred [[Nichola McAuliffe]] and [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]] as Lilli/Kate and Fred/Petruchio, with Tim Flavin and Fiona Hendley as Bill/Lucentio and Lois/Bianca. The gangsters were played by [[Emil Wolk]] and [[John Bardon]], who shared the 1987 [[Olivier Award]] for Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical, while McAuliffe won the Olivier for Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical.<ref>[http://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1987/ Olivier Winners 1987], retrieved January 1, 2019</ref> The production moved to the [[Savoy Theatre]] on January 15, 1988, with a new cast.<ref>[http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/kiss-me-kate RSC Performances Kiss Me Kate, Savoy Theatre], retrieved January 1, 2019</ref>