The Merry Wives of Windsor

Details

Falstaff gets him come-uppance (three times) in this rather confused but at times immensely funny Shakespeare comedy - his only one about the middle classes. The story, almost certainly false, goes that Queen Elizabeth I so enjoyed the character of Falstaff that she asked to see him again in another play - in love. Shakespeare is supposed to have obliged with this delightful romp.

Cast/Performers

Samantha Spiro (Mistress Page), Jessica Alade (Simple), Omar Bynon (Pistol), John Dougall (Shallow), Riess Fennell (Robert / Student), Richard Goulding (Frank Ford), Siubhan Harrison (Alice Ford), John Hodgkinson (Sir John Falstaff), Emily Houghton (Host of the Garter), Ian Hughes (Sir Hugh Evans), Wil Johnson (George Page), Yasemin Junqueira (Student / Ensemble), John Leader (Fenton), David Mara (Rugby), Tadeo Martinez (Robin), Shazia Nicholls (Mrs Quickly), Yasemin Ozdemir (Nym), Davied Partridge (Bardolph / John), Samantha Spiro (Mistress Page), Jason Thorpe (Dr Caius), Tara Tijani (Anne Page), Patrick Walshe McBride (Slender)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Blanche McIntyre, Ingrid Mackinnon (movement), Philip d'Orleans (fight), Matthew Dewsbury (CDG - casting), Matthew Dann (assistant)
Design: Robert Innes Hopkins
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Music: Tim Sutton
Sound: Emma Laxton
Musical Director: Katherine Gillham
Other: Jeannette Nelson (voice and text)