The story goes that Queen Elizabeth (1533–1603) commissioned William Shakespeare to play the play with the recommendation that he include the character of Falstaff, a fat, boastful, prone to excess. The playwright will get to work and write a comedy in 15 days.
João Mota, who decided to stage “Like Alegres comrades from Windsor” at the Commune in Lisbon, says that the text, “composed in a farcical register,” gives female praise. “Here the woman’s intelligence outweighs everything,” notes the director, who directed a cast of 13 actors led by João Grosso as Falstaff and actresses Maria Ana Filipe and Margarida Cardil as the “lucky woman.” married ladies who will teach him a lesson. To him and their husbands. The cast also includes Hugo Franco, Luis Gaspar, Almeno Goncalves, Miguel Sermao and others. “It’s a big investment, but it’s a pleasure to give actors the opportunity to play such great characters,” concludes João Mota. Premiere on Thursday.
Author: Ana Maria Ribeiro
Source: CM Jornal
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