The Merry Wives of Windsor
CREDIT: DANIEL PARVIS
- 01/06/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/07/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/08/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/12/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/13/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/14/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/15/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/19/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/20/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/21/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/22/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/26/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/27/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/28/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- 01/29/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Cost: $25-$45
CL RECOMMENDS
CL Critic Kevin C. Madigan Recommends: The Royal Shakespeare Company describes this farcical comedy, first staged in 1602, as a story about marriage, wealth, class prejudice, jealousy and lies. The rascal Sir John Falstaff attempts to simultaneously woo two rich women who then join forces to retaliate against him, leading to much tomfoolery. According to The Folger Shakespeare, merry wives, jealous husbands and predatory knights were common in this kind of play, known as ‘citizen comedy’ or ‘city comedy.’ In those plays, “courtiers, gentlemen, or knights use social superiority to seduce citizens’ wives.” Literary critics tend to dismiss this one as one of Shakespeare’s lesser works, though it has survived well and undergone multiple adaptations, including at least ten different opera productions over the years. The Merry Wives of Windsor is said to have been written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I; she had previously seen the Falstaff character in Henry IV Part I and reportedly wanted the Bard of Avon to recreate him. — KCM
From the venue:
The lecherous Sir John Falstaff sets his sights on the wives of Windsor, leading to a side splitting evening filled with mischief, schemes, a buck (laundry) basket, a forest full of fairies and one giant pair of horns.