Mrs. W. H. Kendal as Mistress Ford
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Falstaff
Ellen Terry as Mistress Page
a scene from the play with Terry, Tree, and Kendal
Productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor
1890. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production with Tree playing the part of Sir John Falstaff opened at the Haymarket Theatre (London) on February 5, 1890, and ran until February 25, 1890. The principal players were James Fernandez as Mr. Ford, C. H. E. Brookfield as Master Slender, Henry Kemble as Dr. Caius, Lingard as Mistress Ford, Rose Leclercq as Mistress Page, Gurney as Mr. Page, and Mrs. H. B. Tree as Anne Page (Wearing, 1890-99, I, 8).
1900. Frank Benson's troupe performed The Merry Wives of Windsor 11 times (December 19-31) at the Comedy Theatre (London). George R. Weir played Falstaff; the other players were Oscar Asche as Pistol, F. R. Benson as Dr. Caius, Constance Benson as Mistress Ford, Frank Rodney as Ford, and Lilian Braithwaite as Anne Page (Wearing, 1900-09, I, 66-7).
1902. Beerbohm Tree played Sir John Falstaff in his company's presentation of The Merry Wives of Windsor; the play ran for 56 performances, June through August. Oscar Asche played Master Ford, with Mrs. W. H. Kendal as Mistress Ford and Ellen Terry as Mistress Page (Wearing, 1901-9, I, 167).
1903. Frank Benson opened a two-week Shakespeare Festival season at Stratford-upon-Avon on April 20. Among the plays his troupe presented were Hamlet, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Loney, I, 16).