The Merry Wives of Windsor (2010)
Featuring many characters from Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Shakespeare’s brilliantly constructed farce, which gave birth to a tradition that reaches down to the modern TV sitcom, burst onto the Globe Theatre stage in 2010.
'This is the short and the long of it'
Featuring many characters from Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Shakespeare’s brilliantly constructed farce, which gave birth to a tradition that reaches down to the modern TV sitcom, burst onto the Globe Theatre stage in 2010.
Synopsis
Imagining that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page have each fallen for him, the fat knight Sir John Falstaff decides to seduce them both, as much for their husbands’ money as for their personal charms. Wise to the old rogue’s tricks, the women turn the tables on him with a series of humiliating assignations and a very damp, extremely smelly laundry basket.
Cast
Simple:
Nathan Amzi
Evans:
Gareth Armstrong
Slender:
William Belchambers
Falstaff:
Christopher Benjamin
Dr. Caius:
Philip Bird
Anne Page:
Ceri-Lyn Cissone
Rugby:
Barnaby Edwards
Mistress Page:
Serena Evans
Shallow:
Peter Gale
Page:
Michael Garner
Nym:
Gregory Gudgeon
Ford:
Andrew Havill
Robin:
Edward Holtom
Robin:
Richard Linell
Fenton:
Gerard McCarthy
Host:
Jonty Stephens
Mistress Quickly:
Sue Wallace
Pistol:
Paul Woodson
Mistress Ford:
Sarah Woodward
Creatives
Choreographer:
Jenny Arnold
Designer:
Janet Bird
Composer:
Nigel Hess
Director for the Screen:
Robin Lough
Director:
Christopher Luscombe
Musical Director:
William Lyons