Shakespeare’s Globe will open its doors to The Merry Wives of Windsor this summer, with George Fouracres, Emma Pallant and Katherine Pearce heading the cast.
Boisterous, disreputable knight Sir John Falstaff hatches a plan to restore his fortunes by seducing two wealthy housewives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. But the hunter becomes the hunted when, wise to his schemes and determined to get the last laugh, they decide to play a few tricks of their own…
Fouracres plays Falstaff, Pallant is Mistress Page and Pearce is Mistress Ford, with Corrina Buchan as Rugby/cover, Jolyon Coy as Ford, Samuel Creasey as Hugh Evans, Christopher Logan as Page, Tré Medley as Simple/cover, Marcus Olale as Fenton/Nym, LJ Parkinson as Host/Pistol, Danielle Phillips as Anne Page/Robin the Page/Bardolph, Odhran Riddell as William Page, Sophie Russell as Shallow/Mistress
Quickly, Alexander Shaw as William Page and Adam Wadsworth as Doctor Caius/Slender.
The Merry Wives of Windsor is designed by Grace Smart, with music composed by Frew. Poppy Clifford is assistant director, Jacquie Davies is costume supervisor, Bethan Clarke is fight & intimacy director, Tamsin Hurtado Clarke is movement director, Si Trinder is text consultant and Gary Horner is voice coach. It is cast by Becky Paris.
Directed by Sean Holmes, Shakespeare’s raucous comedy runs from July 4 – September 20 in the Globe Theatre. Tickets: Shakespeare’s Globe