RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Sept. 12, 2018

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. Unknown to him, it’s the women of Windsor who really pull the strings, orchestrating Falstaff’s comeuppance amidst a theatrical smorgasbord of petty rivalries, jealousies and over-inflated egos. For a fat Englishman, a Welshman and a Frenchman, the only way is Windsor…

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Sept. 12, 2018

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. Unknown to him, it’s the women of Windsor who really pull the strings, orchestrating Falstaff’s comeuppance amidst a theatrical smorgasbord of petty rivalries, jealousies and over-inflated egos. For a fat Englishman, a Welshman and a Frenchman, the only way is Windsor…
Producers Royal Shakespeare Company
Original title RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Directors
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

David Troughton

as Sir John Falstaff

Luke Newberry

as Fenton

Beth Cordingly

as Mistress Ford

Rebecca Lacey

as Mistress Page

Ishia Bennison

as Mistress Quickly