Rsc Stratford 2024 Ford. The merry wives of windsor played in the royal shakespeare theatre,. Society’s quest for salacious gossip, obscene glamour and manipulation of the weak is very much the focus of richard brinsley sheridan’s 1770s comedy of manners, the.

John hodgkinson (dear england, rsc’s a christmas carol) plays sir john falstaff, and richard goulding (scoop, the windsors, king charles iii) plays frank ford. Falstaff (john hodginkson) has decided to woo two married woman and sends them identical letters declaring his love and intentions towards them.