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From the animatronic cat on the bar of the Garter inn to the rowers’ crew who haul their craft across the stage and the ...
Sean Holmes’s revival of the Falstaff spin-off reputedly written at Elizabeth I’s request (it’s suggested she wanted to see ...
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GENEVA — Geneva Light Opera is presenting three fully staged performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s comic opera “Falstaff,” which is based on Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives of Windsor,” later this month.
Globe's slimline Falstaff is a half-fat hero, in a Merry Wives Of Windsor that's not quite merry enough. By PATRICK MARMION . Published: 14:02 EDT, 10 July 2025 | Updated: 12:43 EDT, 11 July 2025 ...
Read our review of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, directed by Sean Holmes, now in performances at Shakespeare's Globe to 20 ...
The company last staged Falstaff in 2013, but now it’s flashing back to the ’80s, with Lord Falstaff seeking to seduce two merry wives at a vibrant country club.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Ghostlight Players will present “The Rise and Fall of Falstaff,” a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 by Ghostlight artistic director, Gary Bradley.
Now, near the start of a season packed with new productions, the Milan theatre has revived his 1980 staging of Falstaff, Verdi’s last opera and a crowning achievement of the comic genre.