Merry Wives
Merry Wives
Release: 2022-05-20
·Runtime: 120m
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director)
Great Performances
The WNET Group
Thirteen
Cast
Gbenga Akinnagbe
as Mister Nduka Ford
Pascale Armand
as Madam Ekua Page
MaYaa Boateng
as Fenton/Simple
Phillip James Brannon
as Pastor Evans
Joshua Echebiri
as Slender/Pistol
Angela Grovey
as Mama Quickly
Branden Lindsay
as Ensemble
Jarvis D. Matthews
as Ensemble
Jacob Ming-Trent
as Falstaff
Jennifer Mogbock
as Ensemble
David Ryan Smith
as Doctor Caius
Susan Kelechi Watson
as Madam Nkechi Ford