The Merry Wives of Windsor

DATE

Tue 15 July 2025 

TIME

7pm, doors open 6.15pm

LOCATION

Walmer Castle and Gardens 

SUITABLE FOR

Everyone

Falstaff is skint. Dismissing his band of reprobate followers is insufficient to shore up his finances. So he decides to seduce the wives of two merchants in the hope of relieving them of some of their wealth. Mistress Page and Mistress Ford are best friends who keep no secrets from one another - so when they receive identical love letters from Falstaff the outraged women vow to share revenge. But Falstaff, led by an organ that isn’t his brain, endures humiliation, terror, even physical pain in his repeated amorous pursuits. What can the merry wives do to teach him a lesson he’ll never forget?

Performed in the great outdoors by five phenomenal actors, this fast-paced production has been created using only the First Folio text - the most authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s plays. Join the sensational international-award-winning Illyria this summer for a night of laughter and hijinks under the stars.

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Property: Walmer Castle and Gardens
Address: Kingsdown Road, Deal, CT14 7LJ
Location: Deal, Kent, South East

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