Legend holds that Shakespeare wrote “The Merry Wives of Windsor” because Queen Elizabeth I wanted to see more of Sir John Falstaff, the fat knight she enjoyed in the “Henry IV” plays. Legend does not ...
JENNY Haynes’s intention in her summer production of The Merry Wives of Windsor was to capitalise on the unsubtle stereotypes, basket-bundling blunders, and blithe abuses of language and character ...