החאן - הנשים העליזות מוינז'דור

A Comedy by William Shakespeare Based on the translation by: Nissim Aloni Adapted & Directed by: Udi Ben-Moshe ives of indsor W The Merry

Actors (in order of appearence): Yahav Gal - Robert Shallow - a Country Justice Itai Szor - Abraham Slender - Shallow's Nephew Arie Tcherner - Sir Hugh Evans - a Welsh parson Yoav Hyman - George Page - Citizen of Windsor Erez Shafrir - Sir John Falstaff

Set Design: Svetlana Breger Costume Design: Judit Aharon Lighting Design: Roni Cohen Music: Ady Cohen Editing: Miriam Yahil-Wax

Jonathan Miller - Pistol - follower of Falstaff / John - servant to Mistress Ford Guy Gurevich - Nym - follower of Falstaff / Robert - servant to Mistress Ford

Yael Toker - Mistress Margaret Page Irit Pashtan - Mistress Alice Ford

Daniel Gal - Anne Page - The daughter of Margaret and George Page Odelya Moreh-Matalon - Mistress Quickly - servant to Doctor Caius Ariel Wolf - Doctor Caius - a French physician Yehoyachin Friedlander - Frank Ford - Citizen of Windsor David Ben Zeev - The Host of the Garter Inn

F alstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money. He decides, to obtain financial advantage, that he will court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Falstaff decides to send the women identical love letters. The husbands are told of Falstaff's intentions. Page is not concerned, but the jealous Ford decides to disguise himself as 'Master Brook' so that he can find out Falstaff's plans. Meanwhile, two different men are trying to win the hand of Page's daughter,Anne. Mistress Page would like her daughter to marry Doctor Caius, a French physician, whereas the girl's father would like her to marryMaster Slender.Who will lovelyAnne choose? The contenders enlist the help of the noseyMistress Quickly but the plot thickens when Doctor Caius challenges Evans, who speaks for Slender, to a duel. The Host of the Garter intervenes at the right moment. The "merry wives" are not interested in the overweight Falstaff as a suitor; however, for fun and to gain revenge, they pretend to respond to his advances. Mr. Ford as 'Mr. Brook' offers to pay Falstaff to court Mistress Ford for him. Falstaff cannot believe his luck.When he arrives to meet Mistress Ford, the rendez vous is unpleasantly interrupted, but he is whisked away in the nick of time. The second assignation is similarly broken, and again he is chased away without being caught. Eventually the wives tell their husbands about the series of jokes they have played on Falstaff, and together they devise one last trick which ends up with the Knight being humiliated in front of the whole town. Master Ford learns to trust his wife, Anne escapes her unwanted suitors, all’s well that ends well.

Production Staff: Production Director: Shakehd Levi | Production and Technical Supervisor: Sasson Chazam Lighting and Sound Manager: Roni Cohen Assistant Director: Roni Tobias Gideon Program Editor: Poli Brinner | Photography: Yossi Zwecker | Poster and Program Design: Nutelstudio Public Relations: Dana Sukholutsky - The Jerusalem Khan Theatre

The performance lasts about 1 hour and 30 min. (without intermission)

Premiere: ‏ December 29th, 2014

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