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September 8, 2010 6:15 PM. 36 attended.

'The Merry Wives Of Windsor' @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Selected By: Robert

Join us on Wednesday 8th September to see the Shakespeare comedy play 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor' at the Globe Theatre!

This is quite a way off, but tickets are selling very fast!

About the play
Imagining that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page have each fallen for him, the fat knight Sir John Falstaff decides to seduce them both, as much for their husbands’ money as for their personal charms. Wise to the old rogue’s tricks, the women turn the tables on him with a series of humiliating assignations and a very damp, extremely smelly laundry basket!

Featuring many characters from Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Shakespeare’s brilliantly constructed farce, which gave birth to a tradition that reaches down to the modern TV sitcom.

Ticket prices range from £10 standing to £15-£35 in the lower and middle galleries (I'm going to be booking a £15 ticket in the lower galleries). I'm no longer booking tickets, so if you wish to attend, you will need to book by clicking here...

The aim is to meet up beforehand for a drink in the 'The Anchor' pub, 34 Park Street, which is on the river, near to the Globe (nearest station: London Bridge) at about 6:15pm, then around 7pm we will walk to the theatre.

I will be sitting at a table in the pub with a 'Cultureseekers' sign on the table (give me a call if you can't find us).

Click here for a link to the pub...

If you can't see us at the pub, please call.

Hope to see you there!

Regards

Robert
07905 901 834

rachel
Hi Robert...I changed my mind and paid you online via paypal. Many thanks. Rachel

Posted April 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Dan Bachmann
Those tickets already sold out, so I've just booked one in the yard. I'll see you at the pub table.

Posted August 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM
Paula
Dan - I've booked seat e15 in lower gallery as Robert said it was quite near the rest of the group

Posted August 7, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Gina
oops forgot to book my ticket. They are sold out? hmmmm now what? I guess I can't make it.

Posted August 8, 2010 at 9:59 PM
Richard Watkins
I have booked my own in the middle gallery. See you all in the pub.

Posted August 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Lara3
Hi, I might not be able to make this now, I have already purchased 2 tickets via Robert, would anyone be interested in buying the tickets from me? They are £15 each.
Please contact me on 077 271 74050 or via meetup.
Many thanks,
Lara

Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Adele Winston
Dear Lara, as long as the tickets are for seats (not standing) under cover, I will happily by them from you. I will call you in a minute. Adele

Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Adele Winston
Dear Lara, no reply from your mobile, call me on 020 8441 2079. Adele

Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Gina
Hi Lara,
just left a msg for you. I would take one of the tickets quite happily!! or should I say merrily gina

Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:28 PM
Lara3
Hi I have managed to get internet access again, just to let everyone know that I managed to sell the tickets, sorry to disappoint those that tried to get in touch. Many thanks, Lara

Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM
A former member
Hi, everyone. Unfortunately, I am unable to make this event now but have already purchased a single ticket from Robert. If anyone is interested in buying the ticket, please get in touch :) Thanks

Posted August 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM
sheela
Hi Sheena, if the ticket is still available, i would like to buy it. sheela

Posted August 30, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Maribel
Hi, I won't be able to go to this event as I got a last minute job to do :( I bought a ticket from Robert. I wonder if there is anyone interested in the ticket...

Posted August 30, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Teresa
Hello Maribel,

is the ticket still available? I think I can go tomorrow :)
Thanks

Posted September 7, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Robert
Those familiar with the 1975 BBC TV comedy series 'Fawlty Towers' will recognise instantly many of the quirky mannerisms of the principal character, Basil Fawlty (played in the series by John Cleese), in Andrew Havill's playing of Ford in the Merry Wives of Windsor.

YouTube clip of the episode of Fawlty Towers - the laundry basket episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTZ-zdI_-Y

Posted September 9, 2010 at 1:24 AM
Robert
The actress Serena Evans who played Mistress Page was in the 1995 BBC comedy series, the Thin Blue Line:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD5sNXBPBJw

Posted September 9, 2010 at 1:34 AM
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36 attended

4.0011 (11 ratings)

Event Host

Robert
Organizer

The funniest of Shakespeare's play's, very very good!
Anna
Full Member 2012

I'm afraid I didn't appreciate not being able to hear what the actors were saying when their backs were turned to us nor not being able to see the whole stage. I wouldn't go again and sit in those seats. I think I'd have to try standing but, to be honest, having to choose between either standing for two hours or not being able to hear half of it, puts me off somewhat. However the atmosphere, colour and authenticity of the theatre and performance were great and I suppose you can't have both since the idea is to represent theatre as it was in Shakespeare's day
Glenn
Full Member 2012

Hi, A good night out - I enjoyed meeting the members I chatted with before the show (very well attended) - a nice bunch and the pub was good. The show was a delight - I did lose a little of the dialogue at times from my seat in the 'middle gallery' but my hearing always 'pin' sharp anyway. I would have liked the opportunity to go for a post show discussion/drink afterwards but as far as I know nothing was planned (I guess most of us needed to get home though)
nahid
Full Member 2012

+1 guest

It was a great show and we had a great time although we had a restricted view but enjoyed the show. Many thanks Robert
Gina
Meetups attended - 11

I thought it was brilliant. The only draw back was at times it was difficult to hear the performers. The storyline is very funny and lighthearted.
Nicola Pazdzierska
Meetups attended - 18

Excellent evening. Great play. Nice people. Must do more theatre
Tom
Full Member 2012

Really good evening, thanks Rob for organising. Shakespeare's comedies can have quite sadistic touch to them at times with, in this one, Falstaff getting treated pretty badly - teased and given the come on by the scheming wives, dumped in the river, beaten and generally made to look a fool - though of course he does deserve it (unlike poor old Malvolio in Twelfth Night) but in the end you can't help feeling a bit sorry for him old rogue that he is. You feel even sorrier when you know what is to come: his being ditched by his drinking and whoring comrade the young Prince Hal when he becomes king. Anyway thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
rachel
Meetups attended - 15

Very good...seen it two years ago and a lot the same cast was in it again.....lowering the tone....including one actor who was in London's Burning - a show that used to be on ITV on Sundays when I was a teenager. Only criticism was I didn't know these seats would be restricted view....I would rather of paid more for a better seat or stood.
Adele Winston
Full Member 2012

The production was great fun. I enjoyed myself enormously. Thanks for organising it.
Malti
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ANNA
Full Member 2012
Richard Watkins
Full Member 2011
Sonya
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Theresa
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Tariq Khan
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Kathleen
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Robin
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Linda
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Mona
Full Member 2012
Dan Bachmann
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Brendan McParland
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Elisabeth
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Kathryn L
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Cristina
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Fiona
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