Photo Helen Murray ...BETTER THREE HOURS TOO SOON THAN A MINUTE TOO LATE... CONTENTS. The Merry Wives of Windsor 1 Welcome 2 The Company 6 Synopsis 7 First Nights, Fake News An essay by Elizabeth Schafer 10 Support Us 11 ‘There’s No Let-up!’ Q&A with Elle While, Charlie Cridlan, Sarah Finigan, Anne Odeke and Dickon Tyrrell 16 Jarrow and Jitterbug An essay by Heather Neill 19 The Windsor Locals 21 Biographies 36 This Wooden ‘O’ 38 The Globe Today 40 Education 42 Guided Tours 44 Eating, Drinking and Celebrating 45 Shop and Globe Player Active fund management is all about spotting opportunities. 46 For Shakespeare’s Globe And knowing when to seize them. 49 Join Us 50 Our Supporters 52 Our Volunteer Stewards Principal partner of Summer Season 2019 Formerly Old Mutual Global Investors Investment involves risk. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. This communication is issued by Merian Global Investors (UK) Limited (“Merian Global Investors”). Merian Global Investors is registered in England and Wales (number: 02949554) and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 171847). Its registered offi ce is at 2 Lambeth Hill, London, United Kingdom, EC4P 4WR. Models constructed with Geomag. MGI 04/19/0033. MGI00180_HENRY5programme_244x150.indd 1 05/04/2019 18:07 Merian Global Investors is immensely proud to be the inaugural principal partner of Shakespeare’s Globe’s summer season. Through our partnership, and consistent with our desire to challenge received wisdom WELCOME. – much as our namesake, the 17th-century scientist and illustrator Maria Merian did in her time – we are supporting the work of a truly ground- breaking international cultural and educational organisation. Welcome to Shakespeare’s Globe and our Summer 2019 As an ‘active’ asset management firm, we seek to enable our talented carnival of a season. If ‘past, and to come, seem best; fund managers to interpret global financial markets, and to seek what things present, worst’, then there can be no better time they believe are the most attractive investment opportunities for to interrogate – and more importantly celebrate – all that those who decide to entrust us with their long-term savings. We do is brave, bold and completely bonkers about our scepter’d this in a variety of ways, covering a range of investment types, from isle. And what better play encompasses all these things company shares to bonds and precious metals. than The Merry Wives of Windsor, during which – With numerous shared values, including for example a determination I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. to champion diversity in our respective workplaces, there are more parallels between our organisations than might at first meet the eye. So with the heavens above us and the Thames below, within this ultra- Much like being entrusted with our clients’ investments, performing live, democratic wooden ‘O’, let’s imagine and reimagine what is possible and celebrating the transformative impact of Shakespeare’s work is a when individuals come together, across difference, in a shared space, a serious responsibility. While the nature of our work may differ, I believe shared light, a shared experience. These expansive, transcendent works that we both approach our tasks with similar gravitas. of art ask us to consider our collective capacity for restoration as well as destruction, kindness as well as cruelty, profound forgiveness as well On behalf of all colleagues at Merian Global Investors, I hope you enjoy as revenge: the performance! This is the short and the long of it. Mark Gregory The box set of Henry plays, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Chief Executive, Merian Global Investors Night’s Dream, As You Like It and Bartholomew Fair are all jostling for your attention this summer, in what promises to be a feast for the imagination. So welcome to the Globe as we chew the fat with some of the most deliciously life-affirming people you will ever meet: share a beer with Falstaff, make mischief with Puck, break bread with Rosalind, and amidst all the chaos, knowing how ‘quick bright things come to confusion’, we invite you to laugh, rejoice and remember that there are ‘tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything’. ASSISTED PERFORMANCES Shakespeare’s Globe aspires to be the most inviting venue in the country. Audio-described, signed, captioned and relaxed performances take place throughout the season. MICHELLE TERRY Artistic Director ACCESS INFORMATION LINE 020 7902 1409 10.00am – 5.00pm, Monday – Friday [email protected] shakespearesglobe.com/access 1 THE COMPANY Accent Coach Deputy Text Associate Props Manager Hazel Holder Christine Schmidle Katy Brooks Actors Designer Props Supervisor Hedydd Dylan, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Charlie Cridlan Emma Hughes Hannah, Richard Katz, Joshua Lacey, Director Researchers Forbes Masson, Anne Odeke, Jude Owusu, Elle While Dr Farah Karim-Cooper, Dr Will Tosh, Pearce Quigley, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Draughtsperson Dr Jennifer Edwards, Nina Romancikova, Ricketts, Dickon Tyrrell, Zach Wyatt Emma Pile Hailey Bachrach, Alex Mason, Regine Vital Assistant Stage Manager Fight Director Scenic Artists Lauren Burns Philip d’Orléans Emily Carne, Mat Ducasse, Clare Esnault, Associate Choreographer Bruno Gomez, Matt Saunders Garlands Jess Clough-MacRae Vicki Fifield Scenic Elements Associate Director Footprint Scenery Ltd Globe Associate – Movement Martin Leonard Glynn MacDonald Stage Manager Associate Dramaturg Ian Farmery Globe Associate – Text Nicole Charles Giles Block The Windsor Locals Carpenter Clean Break, London Bubble Theatre, Head of Voice Brendan McSherry The Soldiers’ Arts Academy Tess Dignan Choreographer Venue Technicians Head of Wardrobe Sasha Milavic Davies Jack Cray, Charlotte Hurford Megan Cassidy Composer Voice Coach Head of Wigs, Hair & Make-up Frank Moon Alison Bomber Pam Humpage Costume Makers Wardrobe Assistants Model Makers / Design Assistants Joanna Close, Charles Hanrahan, Sophie Fuller, Jessica Hughes, Emily James, Luke W Robson, Cecilia Trono Alison Kirkpatrick, Wendy Knowles, Felicity Langthorne, Imogen Rhodes Musicians Sarah Pearce, Hanna Randall Wigs, Hair & Make-up Assistants Tom Dennis, Andrew Kershaw, Costume Supervisor Sophie Jones, Rachel Lidster Lucy Landymore, Ed Neuhauser, Laura Rushton Dave Shulman, Fred Thomas Wigs, Hair & Make-up Deputy Deputy Heads of Stage Victoria Young Production Manager Harry Booth, Tony Forrester Tariq Rifaat Thanks Deputy Head of Wardrobe Prop Makers Susie Carlino (Creative Draping Academy) Emma Seychell Melanie Brookes, Claire Esnault, for donated fabric; Cottington Community Deputy Head of Wigs, Hair & Make-up Hannah Williams, EP Design & Build Garden, Geoff Cridlan, Julia Cross, Laura Hayley Thompson Props Deputy Rushton, Shakespeare’s Globe Stewards Deputy Stage Manager Rosheen McNamee for donated plants; Eleanor Swann Tinks 2 3 Producers THEATRE DEPARTMENT Claire Godden, Matilda James FRONT OF HOUSE Artistic Director Production Operations Manager Assistant Front of House Volunteer Manager Michelle Terry Harry Niland Kate Hill Assistant to Artistic Director Senior Producer Box Office Manager Monica Bakir Sophie Curtis Justin Giles Associate Artistic Director Senior Production Coordinator Deputy Box Office Managers Sean Holmes Rosie Howell Peter Bradshaw, Rachael Dodd, Phil Dunning Casting Associate Theatre Assistant Front of House Volunteer Coordinators Becky Paris Sharni Lockwood Jenny Reeves, Tasha Saxby Company Manager Theatre Business Officer Front of House Volunteer Manager Marion Marrs Charlie Titterrell Rosie Lawton Deputy Company Managers Touring & Events Assistant Joint Visitor Experience Managers Kristy Bloxham, Ciara Fanning Hanna Lingman Carly Davies, Nicola Slaughter Deputy General Manager Touring & Events Manager System Manager Sarah Murray Helena Miscioscia Matthew Hodson Deputy Head of Production Vistor Welcome Managers Fay Powell-Thomas ASSOCIATES Alex Joseph, Tony Peck, Ian Pettitt, Director of Music Ewen Stratton Bill Barclay Globe Associate Artists Brendan O’Hea, Federay Holmes, PROGRAMME Director of Theatre Athena Stevens, Siân Williams Lotte Buchan Print Globe Ensemble Associate Artists Film Distribution Assistant Spellman Walker Catrin Aaron, Yarit Dor, James Garnon, Raquel Morais Programme Assistant Colin Hurley, Bettrys Jones, Richard Katz, Julia Padfield General Manager Jack Laskey, Debs Machin, Nadia Nadarajah, Jo Hawkes Mary O’Hanlon, Ellan Parry, Pearce Quigley, Programme Design Head of Casting Shubham Saraf, Helen Schlesinger, Tania Newman, Hannah Yates Karishma Balani Rob Walker, Elle While, Tanika Yearwood Programme Editor Head of Film Distribution Nicholas Robins Chui-Yee Cheung Head of Production Wills Head of Stage Bryan Paterson Literary Manager Jessica Lusk Music Administrator Annique Reynolds Music Associate James Maloney 4 5 Synopsis. First Night, Fake News. Justice Shallow, his nephew Slender, and parson Evans are upset at When was The Merry Wives of Windsor first performed? the behaviour of Falstaff and his associates, Nym and Pistol. Slender Elizabeth Schafer is one of several suitors for Anne Page, and her father’s choice. Evans explodes a few old Shakespeare myths. sends a message to Mistress Quickly, Doctor Caius’ housekeeper The best source for information about early plays; several characters from Merry Wives and a friend of Anne, asking her to help Slender’s suit. Caius is also a performances