Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Date: Press Night Wednesday 16th April 1969
Type: Play
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Location: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Terry Hands
Collection Folder: N/A

Cast

Sir John Falstaff: Brewster Mason
Fenton: Roger Rees

Master George Page: Jeffrey Dench
Mistress Margaret Page: Brenda Bruce
Anne Page: Susan Sheers
William Page: David Allen
Master Frank Ford: Ian Richardson
Mistress Alice Ford: Elizabeth Spriggs
Host of the Garter Inn: Denis Holmes
Sir Hugh Evans: Emrys James
Doctor Caius: Derek Smith
Mistress Quickly: Lila Kaye
John Rugby: David Bailie
John: Gordon Reid
Robert: Philip Taylor

Justice Robert Shallow Esq.: Sydney Bromley
Master Abraham Slender: Peter Geddis
Peter Simple: Geoffrey Hutchings
Pistol: Morgan Sheppard
Nym: Anthony Pedley
Bardolph: Don Henderson
Robin: John Koeune

Townspeople: Juliet Aykroyd, John Berwyn, Diana Chappell, Janet Henfrey, Myles Hoyle, Alton Kumalo, Anthony Langdon, Boyd Mackenzie, James Vallon, Janet Whiteside
Children: Graham Allman, Ian Brown, Reuben Bullivant, Gary Burfield, Graham Guise, Peter Potts

Musicians

Recorder:
Richard Lee

Oboe:
Stephen Nagy

Horns:
Anthony Gladstone
Peter Hastings

Percussion:
Nicholas Cole
Edward Joory

Crew

For The Merry Wives of Windsor

Designer: Timothy O’Brien
Lighting: John Bradley
Music: Guy Woolfenden
Assistant to the Director: Buzz Goodbody
Assistant to the Designer: Tazeena Firth
Assistant to the Composer: David Rowland

Movement: Christie Dickason
Voice: Cicely Berry
Dialect Advisor: Richard Sothcott

General Stage Manager: Roger Howells
Stage Manager: James Langley
Deputy Stage Manager (Sound): Laurence Burns
Assistant Stage Manager (Book): Barbara Penney
Assistant Stage Manager (Props): Frances Rifkin

Workshop Administration: Desmond Hall
Scenery: Fred Jenkins, Peter Pullinger
Properties: William Lockwood
Scene Painting: John Collins

Wardrobe Management: David Perry
Costume Cutting Supervisor: Joe Clark
Costume Cutters: Teresa Barker, Norma Whittard, Michael O’Neil
Costume Dyeing and Painting: Dorothy Marshall
Millinery and Accessories: Jack Wilson, Julia Gilbert
Wigs: Felicite Gillham

For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Artistic Director: Trevor Nunn
Administrative Director: Derek Hornby
Directors: Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Brook, Peter Hall, Derek Hornby, Trevor Nunn
Consultant Directors: Michel Saint-Denis, Peter Daubeny

General Manager: David Brierley
Planning Controller: Maurice Daniels
Financial Controller: William Wilkinson
Head Publicity/Publications: John Goodwin

Music Director: Guy Woolfenden
Casting: Meg Poole
Production Manager: Desmond Hall
Voice: Cicely Berry
Literary Manager: Jeremy Brooks
Scenic Workshop Manager: Fred Jenkins
Scenic Artist: John Collins
Property Shop Manager: William Lockwood
Wardrobe Manager: David Perry
Wig Mistress: Felicite Gillham
Chief Accountant: Robin Stilgoe

Head of Design: Christopher Morley
Design Assistants: Sue Allen, Stephanie Howard
Design Research: Brian Glover

Publicity and Publications: Craig Macdonald, Vincent Pearmain, John Stanley, Margaret Sedwards

For the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Manager and Licensee: Robert Vaughan
House Manager: Sean McCarthy
Box Office Manager: Leslie Mitchell
Catering Manager: W. Stuart Kerr
General Stage Manager: Roger Howells
Lighting Engineer: John Bradley
Senior Lighting Operator: Michael White
Master Carpenter: Eddie Golding
Maintenance Wardrobe: Audrey Sellman

Programme Printed By: Herald Press, Stratford-upon-Avon