War-torn England is reeling after years of bitter conflict. King Edward is ailing, and as political unrest begins to stir once more, Edward’s brother Richard – vicious in war, despised in peacetime – awaits the opportunity to seize his brother’s crown.
Through the malevolent Richard, Shakespeare examines the all-consuming nature of the desire for power amid a society riddled by conflict. Olivier-winning director Rupert Goold’s (Macbeth, King Charles III) searing new production hones a microscopic focus on the mythology surrounding a monarch whose machinations are inextricably woven into the fabric of British history.

故事发生在1946年的德国，第二次世界大战刚刚结束，战火让大地满目疮痍，家庭妻离子散。英俊上校刘易斯（杰森·克拉克 Jason Clarke 饰）和他的妻子瑞秋（凯拉·奈特莉 Keira Knightley 饰）在战争中失去了他们的大儿子，瑞秋因此非常的痛恨德国人，但是让她没有想到的是，战后，她和她剩下的家人们，要和一个名为史蒂芬（亚历山大·斯卡斯加德 Alexander Skarsgård 饰）的男人住在同一屋檐下。
史蒂芬也在战争中失去了妻子，这让他对瑞秋没什么好脸色，两个人天天争锋相对。丧子之痛让刘易斯选择将大部分的时间和经历放在工作中，备受冷落的瑞秋每天的相处对象就只有史蒂芬，渐渐的，两人之间的关系开始转变。

每一部经典的两性文本都值得一次性转版的书写，更何况是《驯悍记》这样“三观可疑”的代表！在皇家莎士比亚剧团2019年全新制作的这一版中，1590年的英格兰变成了由女性掌控的世界，米诺拉正准备将她的儿子凯瑟琳卖给出价最高的人，彼特鲁乔带着婚约出现了。一场关乎性别与权力的斗争即将展开，这次还会是对女性的冒犯吗？
此版导演贾斯汀·奥迪伯特（Justin Audibert）颠覆了莎士比亚这部荒诞又活泼的喜剧，他将原作中的男性角色转变为女性并由女演员饰演，而女性角色则由男演员出演，这种彻底的性别转换实践具有丰富的娱乐性，巧妙挑衅了原著中对女性的物化，凸显了等级制度和两性权力的不公正；另外剧中突破性地选用了27名残疾人员参演，开启了他们与其他社会群体的合作。
在当代语境下实现这种性别转换也许更自然，但把它设定在莎士比亚的时代感觉更大胆。依然是伊丽莎白时期的英格兰，依然是《驯悍记》，当性与权力的平衡发生了戏剧性的惊人转变，必定会给予今天的观众更多思考。

本剧引入了“客串主角”的概念，即每季一个女主以外的新主角。第一季的Callum Turner不会回归。
新季将再次质疑眼见是否一定为实。英国正遭受围攻：被黑客攻击的新闻动态推送、被操纵的媒体，以及政治中出现的干涉。在英国「校正」部门站稳脚跟的Rachel Carey高级督察，发现自己正处于一场新的阴谋之中，面临着一个新的目标。可是，当她甚至不能信任自己最亲近的同事时，又要如何解决这起案件呢？
相较第一季的监控问题，情况更加恶化。故事将讲述“隐形”杀手、深度伪造科技的可怕崛起、政府与大型科技公司之间日益紧张的关系，和英国媒体内部核心的腐败。
Holliday Grainger回归饰演女主角Rachel Carey高级督察。Paapa Essiedu（《我可以毁掉你》）饰演新客串男主Isaac Turner议员，一位年轻的后起之秀政客，有志于最高层职位。

Prior to the first act, an induction frames the play as a "kind of history" played in front of a befuddled drunkard named Christopher Sly who is tricked into believing that he is a lord.
In the play performed for Sly, the "Shrew" is Katherina Minola, the eldest daughter of Baptista Minola, a lord in Padua. Katherina's temper is notorious and it is thought no man would ever wish to marry her. On the other hand, two men – Hortensio and Gremio – are eager to marry her younger sister Bianca. However, Baptista has sworn not to allow his younger daughter to marry before Katherina is wed, much to the despair of her suitors, who agree that they will work together to marry off Katherina so that they will be free to compete for Bianca.
The plot becomes more complex when Lucentio, who has recently come to Padua to attend university, sees Bianca and instantly falls in love with her. Lucentio overhears Baptista announce that he is on the lookout for tutors for his daughters, so he has his servant Tranio pretend to be him while he disguises himself as a Latin tutor named Cambio, so that he can woo Bianca behind Baptista's back.
In the meantime, Petruchio arrives in Padua, accompanied by his servant, Grumio. Petruchio tells his old friend Hortensio that he has set out to enjoy life after the death of his father and that his main goal is to wed. Hearing this, Hortensio seizes the opportunity to recruit Petruchio as a suitor for Katherina. He also has Petruchio present to Baptista a music tutor named Litio (Hortensio himself in disguise). Thus, Lucentio and Hortensio, pretending to be the teachers Cambio and Litio, attempt to woo Bianca unbeknownst to her father, and to one another.
Petruchio, to counter Katherina's shrewish nature, woos her with reverse psychology, pretending that every harsh thing she says or does is kind and gentle. Katherina allows herself to become engaged to Petruchio, and they are married in a farcical ceremony during which (amongst other things) he strikes the priest and drinks the communion wine, and then takes her home against her will. Once they are gone, Gremio and Tranio (disguised as Lucentio) formally bid for Bianca, with Tranio easily outbidding Gremio. However, in his zeal to win, he promises much more than the real Lucentio actually possesses, and Baptista determines that once Lucentio's father confirms the dowry, Bianca and Tranio can marry. Tranio thus decides that they will need someone to pretend to be Vincentio, Lucentio's father, at some point in the near future. Elsewhere, as part of their scheme, Tranio persuades Hortensio that Bianca is not worthy of his attentions, thus removing any problems he may cause.
Meanwhile, in Petruchio's house, he begins the "taming" of his new wife. She is refused food and clothing because nothing – according to Petruchio – is good enough for her; he claims perfectly cooked meat is overcooked, a beautiful dress doesn't fit right, and a stylish hat is not fashionable. He also sets about disagreeing with everything she says, and forcing her to agree with everything he says, no matter how absurd; on their way back to Padua to attend Bianca's wedding, she agrees with Petruchio that the sun is the moon, and proclaims that "if you please to call it a rush-candle,/Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me" (4.5.14–15). Along the way, they meet Vincentio who is also on his way to Padua, and Katherina agrees with Petruchio when he declares that Vincentio is a woman and then apologises to Vincentio when Petruchio tells her he is a man.
Meanwhile, back in Padua, Lucentio and Tranio convince a passing pedant to pretend to be Vincentio and confirm the dowry for Bianca. The man does so, and Baptista is happy for Bianca to wed Lucentio (actually Tranio in disguise). Bianca then secretly elopes with the real Lucentio. However, Vincentio arrives in Padua, and encounters the Pedant, who claims to be Lucentio's father. Tranio (still disguised as Lucentio) appears, and the Pedant acknowledges him to be his son Lucentio. There is much confusion about identities, and the real Vincentio is set to be arrested when the real Lucentio appears with his newly betrothed Bianca, and reveals all to a bewildered Baptista and Vincentio. Lucentio explains everything that has happened and all is forgiven by the two fathers.
Meanwhile, Hortensio has married a rich widow, and so in the final scene of the play there are three newly married couples at Baptista's banquet; Bianca and Lucentio, the widow and Hortensio, and Katherina and Petruchio. Because of the general opinion that Petruchio is married to a shrew, a quarrel breaks out about whose wife is the most obedient. Petruchio proposes a wager whereby each will send a servant to call for their wives, and whichever comes most obediently will have won the wager for her husband. Katherina is the only one of the three who comes, winning the wager for Petruchio. At the end of the play, after the other two wives have been hauled into the room by Katherina, she gives a speech on the subject of why wives should always obey their husbands and the play ends with Baptista, Hortensio and Lucentio marvelling at how successfully Petruchio has tamed the shrew.