Thank you to Philippa Kelly for introducing The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Philippa Kelly (Ph.D. Shakespeare) is Resident Dramaturg for the California Shakespeare Theater. She has published 11 books and 98 articles (presses include Halstead, Ashgate, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Michigan, Arden, Palgrave, Routledge, University of Western Australia Press, University of Sydney Press, Benjamin Press), her latest edited book, with Associate Editor Amrita Ramanan, being Diversity, Inclusion and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy: Case Studies From the Field, published by Routledge Press in April 2020. For her research, Philippa has been awarded many fellowships and scholarships, including a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, a Walter and Eliza Hall Scholarship, a Commonwealth Scholarship, and a Bly Award for Innovation in Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Philippa has also been awarded grants as team leader by the Walter and Elise Haas and from the California Arts Council, allowing her to create, teach, and lead artists in delivering innovative curriculum components across Oakland schools. She is also proud to lead a year-round community theater group entitled Berkeley Theater Explorations, the purpose of which is to make dramaturgy foundational to community theater appreciation—in other words, to make theater going an active practice rather than a passive form of consumption.
Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.
Here are some resources to help guide your way into The Merry Wives of Windsor:
