
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Rent: £5.99 Own: £11.99Send as Gift: £11.99
Year: 2010
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'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, returns to the Globe after delighting audiences in 2008.
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.
Running time: 140 mins
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Creative
Director:
Christopher LuscombeDesigner:
Janet BirdComposer:
Nigel HessChoreographer:
Jenny ArnoldDirected for the screen:
Robin LoughMusical Director:
William LyonsCast
Simple:
Nathan AmziEvans:
Gareth ArmstrongSlender:
William BelchambersFalstaff:
Christopher BenjaminRobin:
Edward HoltomDr. Caius:
Philip BirdMistress Page:
Serena EvansShallow:
Peter GalePage:
Michael GarnerNym:
Gregory GudgeonFord:
Andrew HavillHost:
Jonty StephensMistress Quickly:
Sue WallacePistol:
Paul WoodsonMistress Ford:
Sarah WoodwardFenton:
Gerard McCarthyAnne Page:
Ceri-Lyn CissoneRugby:
Barnaby EdwardsRobin:
Richard Linell -
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