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Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
Monday July 8–Saturday August 24
£15 – £19The Merry Wives of Windsor
29 July – 24 August 2024
Every evening (except Sunday) at 7.30pm
St John’s College Gardens
(entrance via Queen’s Road only)
Shakespeare’s brilliantly witty farce tells of a would-be seducer, a jealous husband and two resourceful housewives in a hilarious battle of wits and wiles. Sir John Falstaff gets more than he bargained for when he simultaneously pursues two wealthy married women. Upon receiving identical copies of Falstaff’s love letter, the spirited Mistresses Ford and Page cook up a scheme of their own to teach the fat knight a lesson, with uproariously funny results. Don’t miss this sparkling production!
Richard II
29 July – 24 August 2024
Every evening (except Sunday) at 7.30pm
Trinity College Gardens
(entrance via Queen’s Road only)
Richard II is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king – wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choice of counsellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far… This production reflects the play’s intense psychological struggle as well as a taut political drama.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
29 July – 24 August 2024
Every evening (except Sunday) at 7.30pm
King’s College Gardens
(entrance via Queen’s Road only)
The beautiful gardens of King’s College Fellows’ Garden form the perfect setting for Shakespeare’s delightful fairy-tale world of love, jealousy and youthful exuberance. This captivating production brings to life all the magic and humour of Shakespeare’s best-loved play. Why not invite your children to come along dressed as fairies to add to what promises to be a spectacular evening!
What’s Ons are broadcast across the day at 7.50, 10.30, 1.30 and 4.30, and at weekends.
To get your event included email: Karen Stringer