Manawatu Summer Shakespeare, supported by Massey University, has been an annual event within the Palmerston North community since 2003. Each year an artist in residence is chosen to direct a production of their choice in order to collaborate with students, local artists and the community. Following on from last year\u2019s dark tragedy King Lear, Summer Shakespeare brings fun back to the Esplanade with the light-hearted comedy that is The Merry Wives of Windsor.<\/p>\n
The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em><\/strong> by Sir William Shakespeare was first published in 1602 and was the 18th<\/sup> show he ever wrote. Merry Wives<\/em>\u00a0is a revenge filled, vivacious, energy packed comedy filled with themes of love and marriage, jealousy, social class and wealth. Explored with\u00a0irony, sexual innuendo,\u00a0and sarcasm,\u00a0The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em>\u00a0promises an evening of laughter and revelry for\u00a0both cast and audience alike. Down on his luck, Falstaff seeks to woo the affluent Mistress Page and Mistress Ford but can he compete against a jealous husband? Amongst marriage proposals, dangerous duels and some meddling Mistresses, can Falstaff outwit the women of Windsor or will he end up ransacked in the river?<\/p>\n Come along and enjoy an evening of theatre in the park and eat, drink and be merry with us!<\/p>\n Find us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/merrywivesofwindsor2016\/?ref=hl<\/a><\/p>\n Or Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/merrywives2016\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manawatu Summer Shakespeare, supported by Massey University, has been an annual event within the Palmerston North community since 2003. Each year an artist in residence is chosen to direct a production of their choice in order to collaborate with students, local artists and the community. Following on from last year\u2019s dark tragedy King Lear, Summer … Continue reading “About us…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2016.summershakespeare.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}