The Merry Wives of Windsor
Discover what lies beneath the Elizabethan social order as Shakespeare’s raucous comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor reveals its wild, mythic and daring underbelly in the Globe Theatre this summer.
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…
Middle class England dissolves into beautiful chaos in this unexpected story of mischief, madness and metamorphoses, directed by Globe Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes (Much Ado About Nothing, 2024, The Comedy of Errors, 2023-24).
‘When night-dogs run, all sorts of deer are chased’
– Act V, scene 5
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DETAILS
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Seated £80-£25
Standing £10-£5
This event is on-site in the Globe Theatre
Running time TBC
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Part of Summer 2025
Photography: Rich Lakos
Art Direction: Kim Garrity
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Discover MoreTHE COMPANY
Casting Director
Becky Paris CDG
Composer
Frew
Designer
Grace Smart
Director
Sean Holmes
Fight & Intimacy
Bethan Clark
Text
Simon Trinder
Voice
Gary Horner
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