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Shakespeare’s Prince Hal may have rejected Sir John Falstaff as a symbol of his misspent youth, but the real-life monarch ...
Sean Holmes’s revival of the Falstaff spin-off reputedly written at Elizabeth I’s request (it’s suggested she wanted to see ...
Read our review of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, directed by Sean Holmes, now in performances at Shakespeare's Globe to 20 ...
Okay, this bawdy domestic comedy featuring the fat knight Falstaff in wooing mode is never going to rank among Shakespeare’s ...
While there are a few speeches or sections lost to acoustic issues, and it would have been interesting to see a few more ...
The story is easy to follow and there's lots of laughter,' said Laura Gordon, artistic director for The Band of Brothers ...
The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Shakespeare’s Globe) Verdict: Moderately merry. Rating: A BIT like the epic operas of Richard Wagner, Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives Of Windsor has some great ...
Last time George Fouracres was on stage he was owning it with a exuberant caricature of imperious, petulant Andrew Lloyd Webber in Flo and Joan ’s One Man Musical. Well, he brings a similar ...
The Merry Wives of Windsor began with a musical interlude from the company of the show, as well as one of the merry wives ...
Director Becky Kemper sets her production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in the 1950s to evoke sitcoms such as "The Honeymooners" and "I Love Lucy." ...
The rest of The Merry Wives of Windsor sits around this maverick figure as a series of quirky contrivances, loosely held together through various schemes, deceptions, romantic entanglements and ...