Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Alternative title
- The Shakespeare Plays
- Synopsis
- Television production of the play with Richard Griffiths as Falstaff and Prunella Scales as Mistress Page. Director David Jones regarded the play as ‘a realistic documentary about what life was like in a small town in Elizabethan England’ (op. cit.).
- Series
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 1 Nov 1982
- Transmission details
- 28 Dec 1982 at 17:55 (Channel: BBC2)
- Duration
- 175 mins
Credits
- Director
- David Jones
- Producer
- Shaun Sutton
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Dominic Muldowney
- Costume
- Christine Rawlins
- Choreographer
- Geraldine Stephenson
- Contributor
- David Snodin
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Notes
- Notes
- The production is commercially available on DVD as part of the BBC TV SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION box set (see separate entry).
- General
- Alan Bennett noted that his face-obscuring beard and costume in the role of Justice Shallow made him resemble ‘an animated tandoori restaurant’.
- History
- This production is part of the fifth season (producer: Shaun Sutton). Rcording took nine days.
- Textual information
- Between 1978 and 1986 the BBC published individual scripts of the series. Each volume of The BBC TV Shakespeare, ed. Peter Alexander et al. (London: British Broadcasting Corporation) contains the full text of the play (the Peter Alexander edition) with accompanying notes on the scene breaks and cuts made in the production, as well as a glossary. A general introduction to the play by series literary advisor John Wilders is followed by an essay on the production of the play by Henry Fenwick. This is based on interviews with actors, directors, and designers.
- Reviews
- Michael Brooke, Screenonline: ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/527599/index.html (accessed 3/2008).
Susan Willis, The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Name
Time-Life Films Inc
- Phone
- 0101 201 843 4545
- Address
- PO Box 644
NJ 07652
USA
Distributor
- Name
Simply Media
- Contact
- Laura Smith
- info@simplymedia.tv
- Web
- http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0203 542 3722
- Address
- Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ - Notes
- Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE
Online Retailer
- Name
Moviemail
- Web
- https://www.simplyhe.com/3000-moviemail External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 848 2000
- Address
- Simply Home Entertainment
PO Box 7741
Ringwood
BH24 9FA
UK - Notes
- As of December 2016 the Moviemail web presence is incorporated within the Simply Media website
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Merry Wives of Windsor, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/13945 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)