Oh, I don't know-- it depends upon the child, I think. DD saw a production of
Shrew as her very first live play (community theater, but still) when she was six. Yes, the humor is very bawdy, and the battle-of-the-sexes, firmly tongue-in-cheek gender role stuff in the play required a LOT of talking, but--
she handled it fine and really enjoyed the play. It's a lovely intro because the comedy is
so over-the-top and physical in a production of it. Very much like Three Stooges or Marx brothers comedies.
She also, um... identifies rather strongly with Katerina, which no doubt helped.
