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Week 3 - The Merry Wives of Windsor - 2 scenes - The Rehearsal Room

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🏁 In our third week, highlights include:

  • Focusing on the nuances of language, meaning, and dynamics

  • How different approaches to lines could affect the overall humor and relationships

  • Adjustments made to clarify character interactions

⭐️ And a special thank you to Juls Hoover for hosting this month! ⭐️

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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM

  • DIRECTOR: J. Paul Nicholas
  • DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport
  • FALSTAFF: Todd Scofield
  • MRS. PAGE: Michele Schultz
  • MRS. FORD: Corinna Christman

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😮 THE SCENE

Our group will be working on two scenes where the wives plan revenge on Falstaff!

  • Act 3, Scene 3 (Falstaff's first visit to Mrs. Ford), ending before Mr. Ford arrives

  • Act 4, Scene 2 (Falstaff's second visit to Mrs. Ford), again ending before Mr. Ford arrives

Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.

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📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:

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