After missing its first performance in 59 years due to the pandemic last year, the Public Theater's adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor was a hit this summer. So much so, it will be filmed for PBS' Great Performances.
Featuring an all-Black cast and set in South Harlem, amidst a vibrant and eclectic community of West African immigrants, Merry Wives is a New York story about tricks of the heart. A raucous spinoff featuring the Bard’s most beloved comic characters, this hilarious farce tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a new celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality.
Bruce Gilkas
Shakespeare in the Park
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