The Merry Wives of Windsor in Irvine
The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove — New Swan Shakespeare Festival
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- Company
- New Swan Shakespeare Festival
- Venue
- New Swan Theater
- Location
- Irvine, California
- Dates
- July 8, 2026 – August 30, 2026
- Season
- 2026
- Format
- adaptation
About
New Swan Shakespeare Festival presents an adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy about a serial seducer who underestimates his targets, playing at the New Swan Theater in Irvine, CA from July 8 through August 30, 2026. When the scheming Falstaff pursues two married women with identical love letters, the women turn the tables with an ingenious campaign of escalating pranks and public embarrassment. This festival production offers a fresh take on one of Shakespeare's funniest plays about wit, loyalty, and comeuppance.