Full cast joining David Troughton in RSC's The Merry Wives of Windsor announced
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The full cast of the RSC's upcoming The Merry Wives of Windsor has been announced.
Joining David Troughton, who plays John Falstaff, will be Beth Cordingly as Mistress Ford and Rebecca Lacey as Mistress Page.
The full ensemble is David Acton (Sir Hugh Evans); Afolabi Alli (Pistol); Stevie Basaula (company); Ishia Bennison (Mistress Quickly); Katy Brittain (The Hostess of the Garter); Jonathan Cullen (Dr Caius); Paul Dodds (George Page); Josh Finan (Nym); Karen Fishwick (Anne Page); Charlotte Josephine (Bardolph); Vince Leigh (Frank Ford); John Macaulay (Simple); Luke Newberry (Fenton); Tom Padley (Slender); Sakuntala Ramanee (company); Tim Samuels (Shallow) and Nima Taleghani (company).
The show will be directed by Fiona Laird, who will also compose the music. Designs are from Lez Brotherston.
Shakespeare's play is about Falstaff who manages to seduce wives of two wealthy men while thinking, wrongly, that he's the one calling the shots.
