Review: (Ottawa) The Merry Wives of Windsor

Left to right:  Geoff McBride, Simon Bradshaw, Katie Ryerson, Matthew John Lundvall, Melanie Karin, John Doucet (Photo credit:  Justin Van Leeuwen JVLPhoto)

Toonz From Inside the Buckbasket
by Valerie Cardinal

Grab your picnic blankets and lawn chairs; it’s Shakespeare in the park season! As far as family-friendly Shakespeare, A Company of Fools’ The Merry Wives of Windsor is sure to please all age groups with its Looney Tunes-style tone. 

Falstaff, a drunken fool, has fallen on hard times and attempts to seduce the wives of two rich men, Mistresses Page and Ford, in order to gain access to their money. However, when he sends them identical love letters, the women decide to have a little fun with him and get their revenge.