While there are a few speeches or sections lost to acoustic issues, and it would have been interesting to see a few more ...

Sean Holmes’s revival of the Falstaff spin-off reputedly written at Elizabeth I’s request (it’s suggested she wanted to see ...

The story is easy to follow and there's lots of laughter,' said Laura Gordon, artistic director for The Band of Brothers ...

Okay, this bawdy domestic comedy featuring the fat knight Falstaff in wooing mode is never going to rank among Shakespeare’s ...

Even the most hardcore Bardolator would have to acknowledge that in a hierarchy of Shakespeare’s works, The Merry Wives of ...

Shakespeare’s Prince Hal may have rejected Sir John Falstaff as a symbol of his misspent youth, but the real-life monarch ...

The Merry Wives of Windsor began with a musical interlude from the company of the show, as well as one of the merry wives ...

Read our review of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, directed by Sean Holmes, now in performances at Shakespeare's Globe to 20 ...

Shakespeare's comedy is out of step with modern tastes, thanks to its body shaming. Sean Holmes's new production gets around ...

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 ...