The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
directed by Brian Olsen

Produced by Gorilla Rep in Riverside Park, New York, NY.

The Merry Wives of Windsor by Aaron Leichter
www.nytheater.com (May 16, 2002)

Though never popular with scholars, The Merry Wives of Windsor has always found favor with audiences. With the Gorilla Repertory Theater Company's production, it's easy to see why audiences feel that way: it displays Shakespeare's comic talents at their bawdiest and wackiest...
Director Brian Olsen stages the action well, relying on the simple plot and making sure the actors understand what they're saying...Staged outdoors around a path in Riverside Park (around 79th Street), the production balances urban and sylvan, reinforcing the play's Englishness. The audience runs back and forth, following the actors from glade to glade for scene changes, giving the show more energy than many Shakspearean productions...
...this production of The Merry Wives of Windsor is thoroughly entertaining, and it takes itself only as seriously as it needs to.