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Merry Wives of Windsor at Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival

Dates: (6/28/2019 - 7/14/2019 )

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Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival


60 W. Olsen Rd. #3900
Thousand Oaks,CA 91360

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Its such a great story; you want it to be true: After seeing a production of Henry IV pt. 2, Queen Elizabeth, fresh off a big win against the second Spanish Armada, invites William Shakespeare to the castle and asks him to write a play starring her favorite character Falstaff. Only this time, the queen says to her number one playwright, hes got to fall in love. And thus, Merry Wives of Windsor was born. But its probably not true. Sure, the timing works out, there are a few early biographers that swore it happened, and of course there was Shakespeare In Love, but modern scholars have their doubts that the Queen ever gave writing notes to the Bard. For our purposes tonight the origins of the play dont matter, but heres what does: You wont find any royalty in the script; no princes, queens, kings, or duchesses. This unique quirk has led scholars to call this Shakespeares blue collar comedy, kind of an Elizabethan Roseanne. Audiences might also notice that theres far more prose than verse in the script. But for me, what makes the play a treat to watch are all the interwoven plots of deception; everyone is either fooling someone, being fooled themselves, or a little of both. So welcome to Kingsmens 23rdseason. I hope good luck, as Falstaff says, lies in odd numbers.

Cast and Creative team for Merry Wives of Windsor at Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival

Falstaff : Ted Barton

Mistress Page: Hannah Tamminen

Mistress Ford: Lauren Zbylski

Master Ford: Michael Faulkner

Master Page: Jason Rennie

Mistress Quickly: Jillian Doyle

Fenton: Kenny Toll

Sir Hugh: Tom Ashworth

 

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