Humber River Shakespeare’s offering this year is the very humorous Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor, which features jealous husbands, strange local characters and whimsical housewives, as well as the devious Sir John Falstaff. Performances are planned for tonight (Thursday) at Alton Mill Arts Centre (rain or shine), tomorrow at Fairy Lake Park, Newmarket; Saturday and Sunday at De La Salle Park, Georgina (rain or shine) July 21, 22 and 23 at Thornlodge Park, Mississauga, July 24 at McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (rain or shine), July 25 and 26 at Montgomery’s Inn, Etobicoke, July 28 and 29 at the Old Mill Inn and Spa, Toronto (rain or shine), July 30 at Etienne Brulé Park, Etobicoke, July 31 and Aug. 1 and 2 at Montgomery’s Inn.
Photos by Bill Rea

Merry Wives of Windsor, Mistress Page (Paula Schultz) and Mistress Ford (Claire Frances Muir) discover they have both received very similar love letters from Falstaff.

Ford (played by Kevin Hammond), disguised as Brook, dupes Falstaff (Dan Karpenchuk) in disclosing his plan to seduce Ford’s wife.