We enjoyed The Merry Wives of Windsor Sunday at the Clarence Brown Theater. Although Sarah has seen and participated in stage productions at her elementary school and seen productions like the Wiggles and the Backyardigans, she has never seen a serious theatrical production, and it seemed like Shakespeare was a good place to start. Although she got a bit squirmy during the fourth act, she was very interested in the set change for the fifth act, which takes place outdoors at night about Herne's oak and involves fairies. She was most impressed, and declared after the show that it was "great."
Sherry and I enjoyed the production as well. The actor that played Falstaff got one last laugh out of the crowd after taking his bows. The play involves Falstaff sending identical letters to two married women of Windsor so that he may woo them and spend their husbands' money. He is thwarted by the women, who make a great fool of him and expose his plan to their husbands, and indeed all of Windsor. After taking his bows, the actor pulled the letters out of his pocket and gave them to two different women seated on the front row, indicating that perhaps Falstaff did not learn his lesson after all.
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