Casting announced for THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes, which runs at the venue from 4 July – 20 September in the Globe Theatre.

The cast comprises Corrina Buchan (The Winter’s Tale, Tobacco Factory Theatres) as Rugby/Cover, Jolyon Coy (Rules for Living, English Touring Theatre) as Ford, Samuel Creasey (Unbelievable, West End) as Hugh Evans, George Fouracres (Mates in Chelsea, Royal Court) as Falstaff, Christopher Logan (The Magistrate, National Theatre) as Page, Tré Medley (Pig Heart Boy, CTP/Unicorn Theatre/Sheffield Theatres) as Simple/Cover, Marcus Olale (final year student at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) as Fenton/Nym, Emma Pallant (Punch, Young Vic/Nottingham Playhouse) as Mistress Page, LJ Parkinson (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Exchange) as Host/Pistol, Katherine Pearce (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RSC/Barbican) as Mistress Ford, Danielle Phillips (The Upstart Crow, West End) as Anne Page/Robin the Page/Bardolph, Odhran Riddell (Manhunt, Royal Court) as William Page, Sophie Russell (The Prudes, Royal Court) as Shallow/Mistress Quickly, Alexander Shaw (Les Miserables, West End/UK tour) as William Page, and Adam Wadsworth (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, West End) as Doctor Caius/Slender.

Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes said: “I’m really excited to start working on our production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. We have a brilliant comedic cast and a super creative team, who are all ready to rediscover and find the freshness in one of Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies.”

The Merry Wives of Windsor is designed by Grace Smart, with music composed by Frew, fight and intimacy direction by Bethan Clarke, movement direction by Tamsin Hurtado Clarke, and casting by Becky Paris CDG.

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