RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Directed by Fiona Laird

With David Troughton, Luke Newberry, Beth Cordingly, Rebecca Lacey and Ishia Bennison

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…