326. The Merry Wives of Windsor 1959
Play by William Shakespeare
- Music
Irwin Bazelon
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Directed by John Houseman and Jack Landau. Scenery by Will Steven Armstrong. Costumes by Motley. Lighting by Tharon Musser
- Premiere
July 2, 1959, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut. Danced by members of the Festival company
- Cast
Falstaff, Larry Gates; Mistress Page, Nancy Marchand; Mistress Ford, Nancy Wickwire; Mistress Quickly, Sada Thompson; Fenton, Lowell Harris; Anne Page, Barbara Barrie; and others
Performance Type
Theater
Note
Balanchine choreographed the fairies’ dances in Windsor Park, Act V, Scene 5.
