THE REAL
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
GARDENS
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Mark Wickett
8-17 May 2026
Little Theatre
What would Shakespeare make of Reality TV in a twenty-first century suburb of Adelaide?
“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.”
Margaret and Alice are wealthy, independent women. An unscrupulous noble, Falstaff, tries to seduce them both to get his hands on their money. The wives are smarter than him, and instead he’s humiliated. Their husbands think they know better too, but don’t. Anne’s parents try to arrange her marriage to two different men, but she outsmarts everyone and marries who she wants.
***This Shakespeare comedy uses the language from the 1623 First Folio but resets its time and place from a bustling 16th century English town to a 21st century suburb of Adelaide, Australia, leaning into reality television from the Real Housewives franchise.
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$28 Full
$23 Concession / Student
online or at the door, subject to availability
PERFORMANCES
Friday 8 May - 7:30pm
Saturday 9 May - 3pm
Sunday 10 May - 3pm
Wednesday 13 May - 6:30pm
Thursday 14 May - 7:30pm
Friday 15 May - 7:30pm
Saturday 16 May - 3pm
Sunday 17 May - 3pm
Location
Little Theatre
Adelaide University, The Cloisters, Adelaide SA 5005
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