The Lewes Public Library Shakespeare Festival presents the world premiere performance of Falstaff the Friend, Falstaff the Fool by the Fultontown Theatre Company.

Falstaff is one of the few repeat characters in Shakespeare’s works - he appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV Part I, and Henry IV Part II and is briefly mentioned in Henry V. This adaptation of Shakespeare’s works by the Fultontown Theatre Company traces Falstaff’s story and highlights some of his most important and memorable interactions with other characters.

Fultontown Theatre Company (FTC) is the resident theatre ensemble affiliated with Salisbury University and primarily composed of alumni and current students. FTC endeavors to create and produce ethical, joyful, and professional-level theatre performances on the Eastern Shore and surrounding areas and in so doing, provide support and additional opportunities to members of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts at Salisbury University as well as local and regional high schools.

Registration is required.

The Shakespeare Festival, a program of the Lewes Public Library since 2015, seeks to provide the community with experiences that foster the understanding of Shakespeare and the world in which he lived and wrote. In addition the Festival fosters the development of new works celebrating the spoken word and hosting performances of classical texts.

The Festival is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com. The Festival also is supported in part by Browseabout Books and the John and Sarah Freeman Foundation.