Higher on the left, a woman’s arm in a bright pink and red sleeve and bracelets squeezing ketchup onto a grilled hotdog being held up from the bottom right by a woman wearing a pink and purple sleeve and bracelets

The Merry Wives of Windsor

By William Shakespeare

Curtains are twitching and tongues are wagging in Shakespeare's suburban comedy, where women get the last laugh.

'Revenged I will be, as sure as his guts are made of puddings'

When an out-of-pocket schemer arrives among the lawns and herbaceous borders of Windsor, he sets about seducing two well-to-do married women. It's the perfect hustle. Surely one of them will fall for his irresistible charms?

But in this neighbourhood, wives talk. And they're about to play some tricks of their own...

Lies! Jealousy! Dirty laundry! The Merry Wives of Windsor is an uproarious tale of mischief and double-dealing where the women get the last laugh. What goes on at Number 22 is absolutely everybody's business.

After an uproarious opening in 2024 as part of Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey's inaugral season at the RSC, Blanche McIntyre's “immaculate” and “utterly joyous” (Times) production of William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor will tour to venues across England in the spring of 2028.

 

Tour dates, venues and booking information will be announced soon.



Lottery Funded Arts Council England