Globe to Globe: The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012)
Performed in Swahili with English subtitles. Bitter Pill bring their version of Shakespeare’s comedy of failed courtship from Nairobi to London.
'Why, then the world's mine oyster'
Part of the 2012 Globe to Globe Festival.
Bitter Pill bring their version of Shakespeare’s comedy of failed courtship from Nairobi to London, full of laughter and fun, performed in Swahili with English subtitles. This production first played at the Harare International Festival of Arts in Zimbabwe.
Synopsis
The lecherous old Falstaff schemes to seduce two wives in order to access their husbands’ money. They discover his motives easily and devise a series of elaborate jokes to humiliate him. Meanwhile, a wealthy daughter plots against her parents to wed the suitor of her choosing.
Running time: 139 mins
Cast
Master Page, Corporal Nym, Mistress Quickly:
Joshua Ogutu
John Rugby, Mistress Ford:
Lydiah Gitachu
Mistress Page, Hostess of the Windsor Hotel:
Chichi Seii
Master Ford, Justice Shallow:
James Gathitu
Sir Hugh Evans, Anne Page, Corporal Pistol, Robert:
Sharon Nanjosi
Bardolph, Peter Simple, John:
Eric Wanyama
Master Abraham Slender, Dr. Caius, Fenton:
Neville Sanganyi
Falstaff:
Mrisho Mpoto
Creatives
Directed by:
Daniel Goldman & Sarah Norman
Director for the Screen:
Ian Russell