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RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 12, 2018

Original Title

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Production Companies

Royal Shakespeare Company

Director

Fiona Laird

Description

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. Unknown to him, it’s the women of Windsor who really pull the strings, orchestrating Falstaff’s comeuppance amidst a theatrical smorgasbord of petty rivalries, jealousies and over-inflated egos. For a fat Englishman, a Welshman and a Frenchman, the only way is Windsor…